TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Harms to adults from others' heavy drinking in five Indian states
JO  - Alcohol and alcoholism
A1  - Esser, Marissa B.
A1  - Gururaj, Gopalkrishna
A1  - Rao, Girish N.
A1  - Jernigan, David H.
A1  - Murthy, Pratima
A1  - Jayarajan, Deepak
A1  - Lakshmanan, S.
A1  - Benegal, Vivek
SP  - 177
EP  - 185
VL  - 51
IS  - 2
N2  - AIMS: The aims of this study were to assess a wide range of alcohol-related harms from known heavy drinkers in Indian respondents' lives, and to assess respondents' characteristics and drinking patterns associated with reporting these harms. <br><br>METHODS: Household interviews were administered in five Indian states from October 2011 to May 2012. For the secondary data analyses in this study, participants were Indians, ages 15-70, who self-reported having a heavy drinker in their lives (n = 5,375). We assessed the proportion of respondents reporting seventeen types of alcohol-related harms from a heavy drinker. <br><br>RESULTS: Approximately 83% of respondents reported at least one alcohol-related harm from a heavy drinker in their lives. Twenty-five percent of respondents reported physical harm, 6% reported sexual harm and 50% reported emotional harm or neglect. Controlling for other factors, being in the upper income quartiles was associated with reporting ≥5 harm types. Among females, being age 25-39 and married/cohabitating predicted reporting ≥5 harm types, while among males, being age 25-39 or age 40-70 and living in a rural area increased the odds. Among females, binge drinkers had 46% lower odds of reporting ≥5 harm types than abstainers; among males, binge drinkers had 54% greater odds. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Regardless of respondents' own drinking pattern, a substantial proportion of respondents reported experiencing a range of harms from a known heavy drinker; interventions are needed to reduce these harms.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agv078
ID  - ref1
ER  -