Copattern of depression and alcohol use in medical care patients: cross-sectional study in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To predict depressive symptom severity and presence of major depression along the full alcohol use continuum.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Ambulatory practices and general hospitals from three sites in Germany.

Participants

Consecutive patients aged 18-64 years were proactively approached for an anonymous health screening (participation rate=87%, N=12 828). Four continuous alcohol use measures were derived from an expanded Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT): alcohol consumption in grams per day and occasion, excessive consumption in days per months and the AUDIT sum score. Depressive symptoms were assessed for the worst 2-week period in the last 12 months using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8). Negative binomial and logi

SUBMITTER: Guertler D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223144 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature