Prevalence of and potential influencing factors for alcohol dependence in europe.
Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investi...
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ftunivlausanne:oai:serval.unil.ch:BIB_17FC1003B5AF 2024-02-11T10:05:08+01:00 Prevalence of and potential influencing factors for alcohol dependence in europe. Rehm, J. Anderson, P. Barry, J. Dimitrov, P. Elekes, Z. Feijão, F. Frick, U. Gual, A. Gmel, G. Kraus, L. Marmet, S. Raninen, J. Rehm, M.X. Scafato, E. Shield, K.D. Trapencieris, M. 2015 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_17FC1003B5AF https://doi.org/10.1159/000365284 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1159/000365284 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/25342593 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/1421-9891 https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_17FC1003B5AF doi:10.1159/000365284 urn:issn:1022-6877 European Addiction Research, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 6-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article article 2015 ftunivlausanne https://doi.org/10.1159/000365284 2024-01-22T01:18:21Z Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investigate potential influencing factors. The 1-year prevalence of AD in the EU was estimated at 3.4% among people 18-64 years of age in Europe (women 1.7%, men 5.2%), resulting in close to 11 million affected people. Taking into account all people of all ages, AD, abuse and harmful use resulted in an estimate of 23 million affected people. Prevalence of AD varied widely between European countries, and was significantly impacted by drinking cultures and social norms. Correlations with level of drinking and other drinking variables and with major known outcomes of heavy drinking, such as liver cirrhosis or injury, were moderate. These results suggest a need to rethink the definition of AUDs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois Norway European Addiction Research 21 1 6 18 |
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Alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and alcohol dependence (AD) in particular, are prevalent and associated with a large burden of disability and mortality. The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of AD in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland for the year 2010, and to investigate potential influencing factors. The 1-year prevalence of AD in the EU was estimated at 3.4% among people 18-64 years of age in Europe (women 1.7%, men 5.2%), resulting in close to 11 million affected people. Taking into account all people of all ages, AD, abuse and harmful use resulted in an estimate of 23 million affected people. Prevalence of AD varied widely between European countries, and was significantly impacted by drinking cultures and social norms. Correlations with level of drinking and other drinking variables and with major known outcomes of heavy drinking, such as liver cirrhosis or injury, were moderate. These results suggest a need to rethink the definition of AUDs. |
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Rehm, J. Anderson, P. Barry, J. Dimitrov, P. Elekes, Z. Feijão, F. Frick, U. Gual, A. Gmel, G. Kraus, L. Marmet, S. Raninen, J. Rehm, M.X. Scafato, E. Shield, K.D. Trapencieris, M. |
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Rehm, J. Anderson, P. Barry, J. Dimitrov, P. Elekes, Z. Feijão, F. Frick, U. Gual, A. Gmel, G. Kraus, L. Marmet, S. Raninen, J. Rehm, M.X. Scafato, E. Shield, K.D. Trapencieris, M. Prevalence of and potential influencing factors for alcohol dependence in europe. |
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Rehm, J. Anderson, P. Barry, J. Dimitrov, P. Elekes, Z. Feijão, F. Frick, U. Gual, A. Gmel, G. Kraus, L. Marmet, S. Raninen, J. Rehm, M.X. Scafato, E. Shield, K.D. Trapencieris, M. |
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Prevalence of and potential influencing factors for alcohol dependence in europe. |
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Prevalence of and potential influencing factors for alcohol dependence in europe. |
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