Changes in drinking behavior: demographic, psychosocial, and biomedical factors.
Demographic, psychosocial, and biomedical variables were collected from 12,371 ambulatory persons who had an initial multiphasic health examination in 1978 or 1979 and a second examination 5 years later in 1983 or 1984. Subgroups of this cohort who had substantially increased and decreased their drinking were compared with persons who continued to drink at baseline rates. A balanced model of demographic, psychosocial, and biomedical variables had the capacity to differentiate persons who had substantially increased their drinking; fewer variables--primarily psychosocial--differentiated persons who had greatly decreased their drinking.
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Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California 94611.
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Armstrong
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D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009098:Multiphasic Screening; D012917:Social Adjustment