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Exploration of the Relationship between Drinking Intensity and Quality of Life
Author(s) -
Stewart Scott H.,
Hutson Alan,
Connors Gerard J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490600860122
Subject(s) - tobit model , confounding , quality of life (healthcare) , demography , ethnic group , medicine , sample (material) , environmental health , quality (philosophy) , gerontology , psychology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , chemistry , nursing , chromatography , anthropology , philosophy , epistemology , pathology
This work explored the association between quality of life and drinking intensity in the Project MATCH sample. Tobit regression models were evaluated to assess the relationship between quality of life indicators (eg, measures of depression, adverse consequences, and others) and drinks per drinking day (DDD), and to assess modification or confounding of DDD by subject characteristics and treatment type. Each quality of life indicator improved with decreased DDD. Gender and ethnicity modified the DDD effect for some outcomes, with DDD exerting a greater influence on quality of life in women and non‐Hispanic whites.