Associations of lifetime abstention and past and current alcohol use with late-life mental health: a propensity score analysis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
C Nathan MartiBryan Y Choi

Abstract

Compared to the extensive research on the effects of alcohol intake on physical health, little research has been done on the effects of alcohol use/nonuse patterns on mental disorders in late life. This study examined associations between mental disorders and alcohol use/nonuse patterns among individuals aged 65+ years. Data came from the public use files of the 2008 to 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Alcohol use/nonuse groups were lifetime abstainers, ex-drinkers, bingers, and nonbingers. Mental health problems were lifetime major depressive episode (MDE) and anxiety disorder, past-year MDE and anxiety disorder, and past-year serious suicidal ideation. To minimize selection biases resulting from a complex array of covariates, we implemented a generalized boosted model to generate propensity score weights on covariates. Then we employed logistic regression models with mental health outcomes as the dependent variables. The four alcohol use/nonuse groups did not differ in past-year MDE. However, odds ratios show that, relative to non-binge drinking, lifetime abstention decreased the odds of lifetime MDE by more than 60% (OR = 0.39, 95% CI = 0.23-0.68, p = .001) and the odds of lifetime anxiety disorder by almost half...Continue Reading

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