Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (4)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Thundal, K.-L.
Right arrow Articles by Allebeck, P.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Thundal, K.-L.
Right arrow Articles by Allebeck, P.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 520-524, 2000
© 2000 Medical Council on Alcoholism

DRINKING PATTERNS AMONG SWEDISH WOMEN: RESULTS FROM A 5-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

K.-L. Thundal*, F. Spak and P. Allebeck

Department of Social Medicine, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Received 28 February 2000; first review notified 2 May 2000; accepted 15 May 2000

The aims of this study were to: (1) document women's alcohol use over a 5-year period; (2) compare different measures of alcohol consumption such as high alcohol consumption (HAC) and high episodic drinking (HED); (3) to follow the incidence and course of alcohol dependence and abuse (ADA). The study is part of a longitudinal general population-based study, Women and Alcohol in Göteborg. From a stratified random sample of 479 respondents, 399 were interviewed in the first wave (1989/90). In the second wave (1995/96), 386 of the 479 women were available for a follow-up interview. The 12-month prevalence of ADA was 1.3% in both waves. In the longitudinal analysis the 5-year cumulative incidence of ADA was 0.1%. Two new cases of ADA were found. The prevalence of HAC and HED decreased in women of all ages except HED in women born in 1955. We conclude that the 12-month prevalence of ADA remained the same at the 5-year follow-up and that, in contrast to what has been found in some other studies, there was an overall decrease in HAC and in HED.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Alcohol AlcoholHome page
G. Hensing and F. Spak
Lack of Leadership Confidence Relates to Problem Drinking in Women: Gender Identity, Heavy Episodic Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders in Swedish Women
Alcohol Alcohol., November 1, 2009; 44(6): 626 - 633.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Alcohol AlcoholHome page
G. Hensing and F. Spak
Introduction: Gendering Socio Cultural Alcohol and Drug Research
Alcohol Alcohol., November 1, 2009; 44(6): 602 - 606.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.