@article{ref1,
title="The association of alcohol use and quality of life in depressed and non-depressed individuals: a cross-sectional general population study",
journal="Quality of life research",
year="2018",
author="Levola, Jonna and Pitkanen, Tuuli and Kampman, Olli and Aalto, Mauri",
volume="27",
number="5",
pages="1217-1226",
abstract="PURPOSE: To compare the associations of alcohol-related variables with Quality of Life (QoL) in depressed and non-depressed individuals of the general population. <br><br>METHODS: This cross-sectional study utilized data from the FINRISK 2007 general population survey. A subsample (n = 4020) was invited to participate in an interview concerning alcohol use. Of them, 2215 (1028 men, 1187 women; response rate 55.1%) were included in the analyses. Bivariate associations between mean weekly alcohol consumption, frequency of binge drinking, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)-score and QoL were analysed according to categorization into depressed and non-depressed using the Beck Depression Inventory, Short Form. Linear regression models were calculated in order to determine the associations of the alcohol variables and QoL after adjusting for socio-demographic variables as well as somatic and mental illness. <br><br>RESULTS: Depressed individuals had lower mean QoL and higher AUDIT-scores than non-depressed respondents. Bivariate correlations showed that mean weekly alcohol consumption, frequency of binge drinking and AUDIT-scores were statistically significantly associated with impaired QoL in depressed individuals. Abstinence was not associated with QoL. After adjustment for covariates, frequency of binge drinking and AUDIT-score were statistically significantly associated with QoL in depressed individuals and AUDIT-score in the non-depressed group. When analysing all respondents regardless of depression, both AUDIT-score and binge drinking were associated with QoL. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Of the alcohol-related variables, binge drinking and alcohol problems indicated by AUDIT-score contributed to impaired QoL in depressed individuals and both should be assessed as part of the clinical management of depression.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0962-9343",
doi="10.1007/s11136-017-1741-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-017-1741-z"
}