- Title
- Pain and alcohol consumption among older adults: findings from the World Health Organization study on global AGEing and adult health, wave 1
- Creator
- Ahangari, Alebtekin; Stewart Williams, Jennifer; Myléus, Anna
- Relation
- Tropical Medicine & International Health Vol. 21, Issue 10, p. 1282-1292
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12757
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objective: To investigate cross-sectional associations between self-reported recent pain and alcohol use/abstinence, and previous-day pain and previous-week alcohol consumption in adults aged 50 + in six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods: The WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) Wave 1 (2007-2010) in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa is the data source. Prevalence of alcohol use/abstinence is reported by previous-day and previous-month pain. Multinomial logistic regressions (crude and adjusted for sex and country) tested associations between recent pain and alcohol use in the pooled multicountry sample. Results: Across the six SAGE countries, about one-third of respondents reported alcohol use, being highest in Russia (74%) and lowest in India (16%). Holding the effects of sex and country constant, compared with abstainers, people with previous-day pain were more likely to be previous-day or other users. With regard to the quantity and frequency of alcohol use, people with previous-day pain were more likely to be non-heavy drinkers. Conclusion: Overall, we found that, in this population of older adults in six LMICs, recent pain was associated with moderate use of alcohol, although there were differences between countries. The findings provide a platform for country-specific research to better understand bi-directional associations between pain and alcohol in older adults.
- Subject
- chronic; disability; ageing; aging; developing countries; low- and middle-income countries
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1324836
- Identifier
- uon:25132
- Identifier
- ISSN:1365-3156
- Language
- eng
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