The impact of stressful life events on excessive alcohol consumption in the French population: findings from the GAZEL cohort study.
PLoS One
; 9(1): e87653, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Major life changes may play a causative role in health through lifestyle factors, such as alcohol. The objective was to examine the impact of stressful life events on heavy alcohol consumption among French adults.METHODS:
Trajectories of excessive alcohol consumption in 20,625 employees of the French national gas and electricity company for up to 5 years before and 5 years after an event, with annual measurements from 1992. We used repeated measures analysis of time series data indexed to events, employing generalized estimating equations.RESULTS:
For women, excessive alcohol use increased before important purchase (pâ=â0.021), children leaving home (p<0.001), and death of loved ones (pâ=â0.03), and decreased before widowhood (pâ=â0.015); in the year straddling the event, increased consumption was observed for important purchase (pâ=â0.018) and retirement (pâ=â0.002); at the time of the event, consumption decreased for marriage (pâ=â0.002), divorce, widowhood, and death of loved one (all p<0.001), and increased for retirement (pâ=â0.035). For men, heavy alcohol consumption increased in the years up to and surrounding the death of loved ones, retirement, and important purchase (all p<0.001), and decreased after (all p<0.001, except death of loved one pâ=â0.006); at the time of the event, consumption decreased for all events except for children leaving home and retirement, where we observed an increase (all p<0.001). For women and men, heavy alcohol consumption decreased prior to marriage and divorce and increased after (all p<0.001, except for women and marriage pâ=â0.01).CONCLUSION:
Stressful life events promote healthy and unhealthy alcohol consumption. Certain events impact alcohol intake temporarily while others have longer-term implications. Research should disentangle women's and men's distinct perceptions of events over time.
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Assunto principal:
Estresse Psicológico
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Acontecimentos que Mudam a Vida
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article