Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Navarra Institute for Health Research, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.
Nutrients. 2023 Feb 21;15(5):1072. doi: 10.3390/nu15051072.
Binge-drinking is one of the alcohol drinking patterns with the worst health consequences. Nonetheless, binge-drinking is highly prevalent. The perceived benefits that motivate it are ultimately related to subjective well-being. In this context, we analyzed the relationship between binge-drinking and quality of life.
We evaluated 8992 participants of the SUN cohort. We classified as binge-drinkers those who reported consuming six or more drinks on at least one occasion the year before recruitment ( = 3075). We fitted multivariable logistic regression models to calculate the odds ratios (ORs) of a worse physical and mental quality of life, measured with the validated SF-36 questionnaire at 8 years of follow-up (cut-off point = P or highest score).
Binge-drinking was associated with greater odds of having a worse mental quality of life, even adjusting for quality of life at 4 years of follow-up, used as an approximation to a baseline measure (OR = 1.22 (1.07-1.38)). This value was mainly due to the effects on vitality (OR = 1.17 (1.01-1.34)) and mental health (OR = 1.22 (1.07-1.39)).
Binge-drinking may lead to poorer mental quality of life; therefore, binge-drinking for enhancement purposes does not seem to be justified by this effect.
狂饮是健康后果最严重的饮酒模式之一。尽管如此，狂饮还是非常普遍的。促使人们狂饮的所谓好处最终与主观幸福感有关。在这种情况下，我们分析了狂饮与生活质量之间的关系。
我们评估了 SUN 队列的 8992 名参与者。我们将报告在前一年至少有一次饮用六杯或更多饮料的人归类为狂饮者（= 3075 人）。我们拟合了多变量逻辑回归模型，以计算在 8 年随访时（截止点= P 或最高评分）生活质量更差的身体和心理健康的比值比（OR）。
即使调整了 4 年随访时的生活质量（作为基线测量的近似值），狂饮也与较差的心理健康质量的可能性更大相关（OR = 1.22（1.07-1.38））。该值主要归因于活力（OR = 1.17（1.01-1.34））和心理健康（OR = 1.22（1.07-1.39））的影响。
狂饮可能导致较差的心理健康质量；因此，为了提高幸福感而狂饮似乎并不能证明这种做法是合理的。
