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Association between Alcohol Consumption and Health-Related Quality of Life among Hospital and Ambulatory Care Patients with Past Year Depressive Symptoms
- Background: Little is known about how substance use affects health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in depressed individuals. Here, associations between alcohol consumption and HRQOL in hospital and ambulatory care patients with past-year depressive symptoms are analyzed. Method: The sample consisted of 590 participants (26.8% non-drinkers) recruited via consecutive screenings. Individuals with alcohol use disorders were excluded. HRQOL was assessed with the Veterans Rand 12-item health survey (VR-12). Multivariable fractional polynomials (MFP) regression analyses were conducted (1) to test for non-linear associations between average daily consumption and HRQOL and (2) to analyze associations between alcohol consumption and the physical and mental health component summaries of the VR-12 and their subdomains. Results: Alcohol consumption was positively associated with the physical health component summary of the VR-12 (p = 0.001) and its subdomains general health (p = 0.006), physical functioning (p < 0.001), and bodily pain (p = 0.017), but not with the mental health component summary (p = 0.941) or any of its subdomains. Average daily alcohol consumption was not associated with HRQOL. Conclusion: Alcohol consumption was associated with better physical HRQOL. Findings do not justify ascribing alcohol positive effects on HRQOL. Data indicate that non-drinkers may suffer from serious health disorders. The results of this study can inform the development of future alcohol- and depression-related interventions.
Author: | Kristian Krause, Diana Guertler, Anne Moehring, Anil Batra, Sandra Eck, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, Gallus Bischof, Maresa Buchholz, Ulrich John, Christian Meyer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-77380 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214664 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
Parent Title (English): | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Place of publication: | Basel |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/11/08 |
Release Date: | 2024/04/23 |
Tag: | VR-12; alcohol consumption; depression; health-related quality of life; intervention development |
Volume: | 19 |
Issue: | 22 |
Article Number: | 14664 |
Page Number: | 11 |
Faculties: | Universitätsmedizin |
Collections: | weitere DFG-förderfähige Artikel |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 International |