Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults With Persistent or Recurrent Pain: Findings From the Health and Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although pain and alcohol use are highly prevalent and associated with deleterious health outcomes among older adults, a paucity of literature has examined hazardous drinking among older adults with pain. We aimed to examine the prevalence of hazardous drinking among a nationally representative sample of older adults with persistent or recurrent pain.

Methods

We conducted cross-sectional analyses of data collected from the 2018 wave of the Health and Retirement Study. Participants included 1  549 community-dwelling adults aged ≥65 with persistent or recurrent pain (ie, clinically significant pain present at 2 consecutive survey waves).

Results

More than one-quarter of older adults with persistent or recurrent pain reported regular alcohol use (≥weekly), nea

SUBMITTER: LaRowe LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10959438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature