Magnitude and determinants of alcohol use disorder among adult population in East Asian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Alcohol use disorder is a medical condition characterized by an impaired ability to control or stop alcohol use despite adverse health outcomes. Despite several studies that have analyzed the prevalence and determinants, their results have been equivocal, and the reasons for the differences in prevalence rates and determinants of AUD across nationalities are unknown. Hence, this study estimated the pooled prevalence of alcohol use disorder and its determinant among adults in East Asian countries.

Methods

Articles were searched from PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, PsycINFO, and Scopus. All observational study designs that fulfilled the predefined criteria were included in the study. The findings were reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic

SUBMITTER: Belay GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10011711 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature