Reduction in non-abstinent World Health Organization (WHO) drinking risk levels and drug use disorders: 3-year follow-up results in the US general population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To provide information on the clinical relevance of a reduction in the World Health Organization (WHO) drinking risk categories, we examined their relationship to an important indicator of how individuals feel and function: drug use disorders (DUDs), i.e., those involving substances other than alcohol.

Method

Current drinkers in a U.S. national survey (n = 22,005) were interviewed in 2001-02 and re-interviewed 3 years later. WHO drinking risk levels and DSM-IV-defined DUD were assessed at both waves. The relationship of changes in WHO drinking risk levels to the presence of DUD were examined using adjusted odds ratios (aOR).

Results

At Wave 1, 2.5% of respondents were WHO very-high-risk drinkers, and 2.5%, 4.8%, and 90.2% were high-risk, moderate-risk, and

SUBMITTER: Knox J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662197 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature