Title |
Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-316 |
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Authors |
Priscilla Martinez, Lars Lien, Anne Landheim, Paul Kowal, Thomas Clausen |
Abstract |
The literature from developed countries suggests a relationship between alcohol use and quality of life and social engagement, where harmful drinkers have lower quality of life and less social engagement. Despite the high rates of harmful alcohol use in South Africa, little is known about the association between drinking pattern and quality of life and social engagement in this context. We aimed to determine if quality of life and social engagement varied across different drinking patterns among older South African adults, contributed to drinking pattern when controlling for socio-demographic factors, and varied differentially between genders. |
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United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
United States | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
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Estonia | 1 | 2% |
France | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 45 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 9 | 19% |
Student > Master | 9 | 19% |
Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 9% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
Other | 7 | 15% |
Unknown | 9 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Social Sciences | 8 | 17% |
Psychology | 7 | 15% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 15% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
Other | 7 | 15% |
Unknown | 9 | 19% |