[Epidemiological research on drinking of women (Part 3): A comparison of change in drinking frequency after certain life events between the QFI high group and the low group among women drinkers].
In order to investigate the influence of certain life events on women drinkers, changes in drinking frequencies after these life events (LE) were compared between two groups of higher and lower alcohol consumption groups with ages from 30 to 69 years old. The higher group (HIGH) was constructed of 207 women drinkers of QFI equal to 4 or 5, and the lower group (LOW) was matched to the number, age, and occupation of the HIGH by random sampling from 376 women of QFI equal to 1. As shown in the second report, the HIGH consumes more than 3.0 l in year (by ethanol) and the LOW less than 0.3 l a year. The results were as follows. 1) Only the rate of those who experienced' Death of her mother' was significantly higher in the HIGH, but was not sufficient to explain the HIGH. Furthermore, significant difference in the rate of all others was not found. 2) The rate of drinkers who have increased their drinking frequencies after 'The last child birth', 'Death of her father', 'Death of her mother' and 'The last child's graduation from high school' were significantly higher in the HIGH. The total number of the LE that increased frequency for the HIGH was significantly more than the LOW. 3) The rate of drinkers who have decreased their drinking frequencies after 'Child birth' or 'Retirement' tended to be higher than that of the increased. But, no LE showed significant difference between the HIGH and LOW. 4) However, only the rate of those who went through 'Death of her mother' was higher in the HIGH. Among the experienced, the rate of drinkers who have increased their drinking frequencies was generally higher in all other LE. These results show that not only the social environmental factors such as the experience of these LE, but also the individual factors increased drinking frequency promoted the tendency to drink more than before among women drinkers.
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Department of Health Care and Administration, Shiga University of Medical Science.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004326:Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors