Division of Geriatric Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Dec;57(12):2275-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02554.x. Epub 2009 Oct 26.
To examine the prevalence and sociodemographic and health-related correlates of substance use, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use, in adults aged 65 and older.
Cross-sectional, retrospective survey of a population-based sample, the 2001/02 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.
United States.
Eight thousand two hundred five U.S. adults aged 65 and older.
Prevalence of lifetime and previous-12-month alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use and associations between substance use and sociodemographic and health-related factors.
Almost 80% of older adults had used any of the three substances over their lifetimes, and more than 50% reported such use over the previous 12 months. Alcohol was the most commonly used substance over the lifetime (74%) and in the previous 12 months (45%), followed by tobacco (52% lifetime; 14% previous 12 months); far fewer reported nonmedical use of drugs (5% lifetime; 1% previous 12 months). In general, being younger, male, and divorced or separated were factors consistently associated with use of any of the three substances.
Most older adults had used substances over their lifetimes and in the previous 12 months. Alcohol is the substance of choice for this age group, followed by tobacco; few report nonmedical drug use.
调查 65 岁及以上成年人的物质使用（包括酒精、烟草和非医疗药物使用）的流行情况以及其与社会人口学和健康相关的因素。
对基于人群的样本（2001/02 年全国酒精和相关情况流行病学调查）进行横断面、回顾性调查。
美国。
8205 名美国 65 岁及以上成年人。
终生和过去 12 个月的酒精、烟草和非医疗药物使用的流行率，以及物质使用与社会人口学和健康相关因素之间的关联。
近 80%的老年人在一生中使用过这三种物质中的任何一种，超过 50%的人在过去 12 个月中使用过这些物质。酒精是一生中最常用的物质（74%），也是过去 12 个月中最常用的物质（45%），其次是烟草（52%终生；14%过去 12 个月）；报告非医疗药物使用的人要少得多（5%终生；1%过去 12 个月）。一般来说，年龄较小、男性、离婚或分居是与使用这三种物质中的任何一种物质有关的一致因素。
大多数老年人在一生中都使用过物质，在过去 12 个月中也使用过物质。酒精是该年龄段的首选物质，其次是烟草；很少有人报告非医疗药物使用。
