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- Title
Prevalence of hazardous - harmful drinking in a southern Thai community.
- Authors
Assanangkornchai, Sawitri; Pinkaew, Pattaree; Apakupakul, Nualta
- Abstract
The objective of this study was to identify the prevalence and characteristics of hazardous - harmful drinkers in a Thai community population using a cross-sectional survey in two urban and five rural areas in Southern Thailand. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 1005 subjects, aged ⩾ 35, at the community centres to collect data on demographic characteristics and smoking and drinking patterns. The Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT) was used to classify the subjects into three groups: hazardous - harmful drinkers (AUDIT ⩾ 8), non-problem drinkers (AUDIT = 1 - 7) and non-drinkers (AUDIT = 0). Blood samples were drawn from 200 randomly selected subjects to determine the gamma glutamyltransferease (GGT) level. The analysis was performed on 898 respondents, 325 males and 573 females. Age-adjusted prevalence of hazardous - harmful drinkers was 10% (27% in males and 1% in females). Adjusted for other variables, men were seven times (95% CI = 4.2 - 11.5) more likely to be non-problem drinkers and 42 times (95% CI = 18.1 - 99.0) more likely to be hazardous - harmful drinkers than women. Median intensity of drinking was 43 g and 25 g per drinking day in the hazardous - harmful and non-problem drinkers, respectively. Of all the subjects, 48%, 25% and 15% of the hazardous - harmful, non-problem and non-drinkers had abnormal GGT. Hazardous - harmful drinking is a prevalent problem in male general population in Thailand. [Assanangkornchai S, Pinkaew P, Apakupakul P. Prevalence of hazardous - harmful drinking in a southern Thai community. Drug Alcohol Rev 2003;22:287 - 293]
- Subjects
SOUTHERN Thailand; ALCOHOL drinking; SOCIAL surveys; SMOKING
- Publication
Drug & Alcohol Review, 2003, Vol 22, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0959-5236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/0959523031000154427