Latent alcohol use patterns and their link to depressive symptomatology in medical care patients
Gürtler, D.; Möhring, A.; Krause, K.; Tomczyk, S.; Freyer-Adam, J.; Baumann, S.; Bischof, G.; Rumpf, H.; Batra, A.; Wurm, S.; John, U.; Meyer, C. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2021 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Purpose Alcohol use disorders have been consistently associated with co-occurrent depressive disorders. However, a lack of research exists on co-occurrent depressive symptoms over the full range of alcohol use. Methods Medical care patients aged 18-64 years were proactively approached for a health screening (participation rate = 87%, n = 13, 763). Latent class analysis was applied to 5, 301 male and 5, 552 female alcohol users to identify patterns of alcohol use based on frequency of alcohol use, typical quantity and frequency of binging (AUDIT). Multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to examine asso…
