Angela Turkelson, Kira S Birditt, Courtney A Polenick, James A Cranford, Frederic C Blow
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Abstract
Objective: Longitudinal patterns of alcohol use among older couples may have important implications for health. This study identified trajectories of alcohol use among different-sex couples and their associations with health over 24 years.
Method: Participants included 9,823 older married/cohabiting different-sex couples from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), in which participants complete surveys every 2 years. We included couples with at least three waves of alcohol and health data between 1996 and 2020.
Results: Dual-trajectory latent class growth analysis revealed five longitudinal couple-level trajectories of alcohol use: concordant infrequent/abstaining, concordant light, concordant moderate, discordant husband heavy wife light, and discordant husband moderate wife infrequent/abstaining. Self-rated health was higher on average but decreased more rapidly over time for concordant moderate compared to concordant infrequent/abstaining husbands and wives. On average, chronic health conditions were higher for concordant infrequent/abstaining compared to concordant light and concordant moderate couples. The number of conditions increased more rapidly over time for concordant infrequent/abstaining and discordant husband heavy wife light compared to concordant light and discordant husband moderate wife infrequent/abstaining couples.
Conclusions: These findings reveal the importance of considering couple patterns of drinking amount and drinking concordance to understand the impact of alcohol use on health among older couples.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.
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