Skip to main content
Top

Open Access 18-12-2024 | Research

Potentially traumatic events and the association with hazardous alcohol use in 19,128 middle aged and elderly adults: the Tromsø Study 2015–2016

Authors: Vendela Husberg-Bru, Laila A. Hopstock, Jens C. Thimm, Torgeir Gilje Lid, Kamilla Rognmo, Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Kristin Gustavson

Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Login to get access

Abstract

Purpose

The aim was to examine the association between a wide range of potentially traumatic events (PTEs) experienced in childhood, adulthood or both, and hazardous alcohol use, including the relationship between the total sum of PTEs and hazardous alcohol use in middle aged and elderly adults. Previous studies have predominantly focused on childhood PTEs or isolated PTEs and more severe alcohol problems, little focus has been given to middle aged and elderly adults with hazardous alcohol use and PTE experiences.

Methods

We used logistic regression analysis to study the relation between a broad range of PTEs and hazardous alcohol defined by the alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) in 19,128 women and men aged 40 years and above participating in the seventh survey of the Norwegian population-based Tromsø Study in 2015–2016. Alcohol abstainers were excluded from the analyses.

Results

Experience of violence, sexual abuse, bullying, painful or frightening medical and dental treatments, and serious illness or accident by a loved one were associated with higher odds for hazardous alcohol use. Further, there were higher odds of hazardous alcohol use per additional experienced PTE (OR = 1.22, 95% CI 1.20–1.25, p ≤ 0.001).

Conclusion

PTEs were prevalent among participants who had a hazardous alcohol use. Also, most of the PTEs occurring in childhood, adulthood or both were independently related to hazardous alcohol use. Moreover, the findings indicate an association in the relationship between the number of PTEs and hazardous alcohol use.
Appendix
Available only for authorised users
Literature
2.
go back to reference Babor T, Higgins-Biddle JC, Saunders JB, Monteiro M (2001) AUDIT, the alcohol use disorders identifcation test, guidelines for use in primary care, 2nd edn. World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence Babor T, Higgins-Biddle JC, Saunders JB, Monteiro M (2001) AUDIT, the alcohol use disorders identifcation test, guidelines for use in primary care, 2nd edn. World Health Organization, Department of Mental Health and Substance Dependence
7.
go back to reference Bagnardi V, Rota M, Botteri E, Tramacere I, Islami F, Fedirko V, Scotti L, Jenab M, Turati F, Pasquali E, Pelucchi C, Galeone C, Bellocco R, Negri E, Corrao G, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C (2015) Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose–response meta-analysis. Br J Cancer 112(3):580–593. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.579CrossRefPubMed Bagnardi V, Rota M, Botteri E, Tramacere I, Islami F, Fedirko V, Scotti L, Jenab M, Turati F, Pasquali E, Pelucchi C, Galeone C, Bellocco R, Negri E, Corrao G, Boffetta P, La Vecchia C (2015) Alcohol consumption and site-specific cancer risk: a comprehensive dose–response meta-analysis. Br J Cancer 112(3):580–593. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1038/​bjc.​2014.​579CrossRefPubMed
15.
17.
18.
go back to reference Kessler RC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Benjet C, Bromet EJ, Cardoso G, Degenhardt L, de Girolamo G, Dinolova RV, Ferry F, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Huang Y, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Lee S, Lepine J-P, Levinson D, Navarro-Mateu F, Pennell B-E, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Stein DJ, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Viana MC, Petukhova MV, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Koenen KC (2017) Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. EJPT 8(sup5):1353383. https://doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2017.1353383CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral Kessler RC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Benjet C, Bromet EJ, Cardoso G, Degenhardt L, de Girolamo G, Dinolova RV, Ferry F, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Huang Y, Karam EG, Kawakami N, Lee S, Lepine J-P, Levinson D, Navarro-Mateu F, Pennell B-E, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Stein DJ, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Viana MC, Petukhova MV, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM, Koenen KC (2017) Trauma and PTSD in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. EJPT 8(sup5):1353383. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1080/​20008198.​2017.​1353383CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
26.
go back to reference Dragan M, Lis-Turlejska M (2007) Lifetime exposure to potentially traumatic events in a sample of alcohol-dependent patients in Poland. J Trauma Stress 20(6):1041–1051CrossRefPubMed Dragan M, Lis-Turlejska M (2007) Lifetime exposure to potentially traumatic events in a sample of alcohol-dependent patients in Poland. J Trauma Stress 20(6):1041–1051CrossRefPubMed
33.
go back to reference Jimenez V, Sanchez N, Clark ELM, Miller RL, Casamassima M, Verros M, Conte I, Ruiz-Jaquez M, Gulley LD, Johnson SA, Melby C, Lucas-Thompson RG, Shomaker LB (2021) Associations of adverse childhood experiences with stress physiology and insulin resistance in adolescents at risk for adult obesity. Dev Psychobiol 63(6):e22127. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22127CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral Jimenez V, Sanchez N, Clark ELM, Miller RL, Casamassima M, Verros M, Conte I, Ruiz-Jaquez M, Gulley LD, Johnson SA, Melby C, Lucas-Thompson RG, Shomaker LB (2021) Associations of adverse childhood experiences with stress physiology and insulin resistance in adolescents at risk for adult obesity. Dev Psychobiol 63(6):e22127. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1002/​dev.​22127CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
38.
49.
go back to reference Hopstock LA, Grimsgaard S, Johansen H, Kanstad K, Wilsgaard T, Eggen AE (2022) The seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) 2015–2016: study design, data collection, attendance, and prevalence of risk factors and disease in a multipurpose population-based health survey. SJPH 50(7):919–929. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221092294CrossRef Hopstock LA, Grimsgaard S, Johansen H, Kanstad K, Wilsgaard T, Eggen AE (2022) The seventh survey of the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) 2015–2016: study design, data collection, attendance, and prevalence of risk factors and disease in a multipurpose population-based health survey. SJPH 50(7):919–929. https://​doi.​org/​10.​1177/​1403494822109229​4CrossRef
54.
62.
go back to reference Kilpatrick DG, Acierno RE, Resnick HS, Saunders BE, Best CL (1997) A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women. JCCP 65(5):834–847 Kilpatrick DG, Acierno RE, Resnick HS, Saunders BE, Best CL (1997) A 2-year longitudinal analysis of the relationships between violent assault and substance use in women. JCCP 65(5):834–847
74.
go back to reference Brennan PL, SooHoo S (2013) Pain and use of alcohol in later life: prospective evidence from the health and retirement study. JAH 25(4):656–677PubMed Brennan PL, SooHoo S (2013) Pain and use of alcohol in later life: prospective evidence from the health and retirement study. JAH 25(4):656–677PubMed
Metadata
Title
Potentially traumatic events and the association with hazardous alcohol use in 19,128 middle aged and elderly adults: the Tromsø Study 2015–2016
Authors
Vendela Husberg-Bru
Laila A. Hopstock
Jens C. Thimm
Torgeir Gilje Lid
Kamilla Rognmo
Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang
Kristin Gustavson
Publication date
18-12-2024
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Print ISSN: 0933-7954
Electronic ISSN: 1433-9285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-024-02801-3