Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.

According to evidence from developed countries, age at first alcohol use has been identified as a determinant of heavy episodic drinking (HED). This study aimed to investigate the association between age at first alcohol use and HED using data from the Smoking and Drinking Behavior Survey 2017, a Th...

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Autores principales: Paithoon Sonthon, Narumon Janma, Udomsak Saengow
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2564d311420f49c6a0abc375ac0b2fb42021-12-02T20:05:56ZAssociation between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0259589https://doaj.org/article/2564d311420f49c6a0abc375ac0b2fb42021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259589https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203According to evidence from developed countries, age at first alcohol use has been identified as a determinant of heavy episodic drinking (HED). This study aimed to investigate the association between age at first alcohol use and HED using data from the Smoking and Drinking Behavior Survey 2017, a Thai nationally representative survey. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the association. This study used data from 23,073 current drinkers in the survey. The survey participants were chosen to represent the Thai population aged 15 years and older. The prevalence of HED and frequent HED among Thai drinkers was 18.6% and 10.1%, respectively. Age at first drinking <20 years was associated with higher odds of HED (adjusted OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.26-1.62) and frequent HED (adjusted OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.12-1.53) relative to age at first drinking ≥25 years. Regular drinking, drinking at home, and exposure to alcohol advertising increased the odds of HED. Drinking at home was associated with frequent HED. There was a significant interaction between the effect of age at first alcohol use and sex on HED and frequent HED with a stronger effect of age at first alcohol use observed in females. This study provides evidence from a developing country that early onset of alcohol use is associated with HED. Effective measures such as tax and pricing policy should be enforced to delay the onset of drinking.Paithoon SonthonNarumon JanmaUdomsak SaengowPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259589 (2021)
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Paithoon Sonthon
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Udomsak Saengow
Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
description According to evidence from developed countries, age at first alcohol use has been identified as a determinant of heavy episodic drinking (HED). This study aimed to investigate the association between age at first alcohol use and HED using data from the Smoking and Drinking Behavior Survey 2017, a Thai nationally representative survey. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the association. This study used data from 23,073 current drinkers in the survey. The survey participants were chosen to represent the Thai population aged 15 years and older. The prevalence of HED and frequent HED among Thai drinkers was 18.6% and 10.1%, respectively. Age at first drinking <20 years was associated with higher odds of HED (adjusted OR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.26-1.62) and frequent HED (adjusted OR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.12-1.53) relative to age at first drinking ≥25 years. Regular drinking, drinking at home, and exposure to alcohol advertising increased the odds of HED. Drinking at home was associated with frequent HED. There was a significant interaction between the effect of age at first alcohol use and sex on HED and frequent HED with a stronger effect of age at first alcohol use observed in females. This study provides evidence from a developing country that early onset of alcohol use is associated with HED. Effective measures such as tax and pricing policy should be enforced to delay the onset of drinking.
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author Paithoon Sonthon
Narumon Janma
Udomsak Saengow
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Narumon Janma
Udomsak Saengow
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title Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
title_short Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
title_full Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
title_fullStr Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
title_full_unstemmed Association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: An analysis of Thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
title_sort association between age at first alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking: an analysis of thailand's smoking and alcohol drinking behavior survey 2017.
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