Wild T Cameron, Roberts Amanda B, Cunningham John, Schopflocher Donald, Pazderka-Robinson Hannah
Centre for Health Promotion Studies and Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
Can J Public Health. 2004 Mar-Apr;95(2):127-32. doi: 10.1007/BF03405780.
We quantified the prevalence of alcohol problems among Alberta adults and determined relationships between sociodemographic characteristics, problem drinking status, and interest in self-help materials to reduce alcohol use.
A computer-aided telephone interview was administered to a stratified random sample of 10,014 Albertans, 18 years of age or older (5,621 women and 4,393 men; M age = 43.3 years, SD = 16.0), with a response rate of 65.4%. Measures included: 1) current drinking status, 2) prior alcohol treatment, 3) problem drinking status (using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; AUDIT), and 4) interest in receiving free self-help materials to encourage safe drinking. Data were weighted to reflect age, sex, and regional Alberta population.
Of the total sample, 19.3% abstained from drinking in the past year, 4.2% had received treatment for alcohol problems at some point in their lives, and 80.7% were current drinkers (i.e., consumed alcohol in the previous year). Some 15.2% (n = 1,193) of current drinkers were classified as having a drinking problem. Logistic regression analyses showed that problem drinkers had 3.5 times greater odds of being male and 2.3 times greater odds of being interested in self-help interventions, compared to other current drinkers. Being single, of younger age, and not being exposed to post-secondary education also significantly predicted problem drinking status.
Alcohol misuse is common among Alberta drinkers, but many of them are interested in receiving brief public health interventions designed to help them assert control over their behaviour.
我们对艾伯塔省成年人中酒精问题的患病率进行了量化，并确定了社会人口学特征、问题饮酒状况以及对减少酒精使用的自助材料的兴趣之间的关系。
对10014名18岁及以上的艾伯塔人进行了分层随机抽样的计算机辅助电话访谈（其中女性5621人，男性4393人；平均年龄 = 43.3岁，标准差 = 16.0），回复率为65.4%。测量指标包括：1）当前饮酒状况，2）既往酒精治疗情况，3）问题饮酒状况（使用酒精使用障碍识别测试；AUDIT），以及4）对获得免费自助材料以鼓励安全饮酒的兴趣。对数据进行加权以反映年龄、性别和艾伯塔省地区人口情况。
在总样本中，19.3%的人在过去一年戒酒，4.2%的人在其生命中的某个时刻接受过酒精问题治疗，80.7%的人是当前饮酒者（即在前一年饮酒）。约15.2%（n = 1193）的当前饮酒者被归类为有饮酒问题。逻辑回归分析表明，与其他当前饮酒者相比，有问题的饮酒者为男性的几率高3.5倍，对自助干预感兴趣的几率高2.3倍。单身、年龄较小以及未接受过高等教育也显著预测了问题饮酒状况。
酒精滥用在艾伯塔省饮酒者中很常见，但他们中的许多人有兴趣接受旨在帮助他们控制自身行为的简短公共卫生干预。
