Citation

Källmén H, Berman AH, Elgan TH, Wennberg P. Nord. J. Psychiatry 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08039488.2019.1660912

PMID

31478780

Abstract

Aims: This study describes changes in alcohol habits in age and gender strata among the Swedish general population during the 21-year period following the Swedish EU membership in 1995. Methods: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) was distributed as a postal questionnaire to randomly selected cross-sectional samples every fourth year, starting in 1997. Results: Six samples were included in this study. A comparison between 2014 and 2018 showed a tendency to decreasing average total AUDIT scores, particularly among men and in the youngest age group (Cohen's d = 0.28). Conclusion: The results should be understood in the context of declining response rates in this type of survey.

Language: en

Keywords

AUDIT; alcohol drinking; response rates