Drinking risk varies within and between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander samples: a meta‐analysis to identify sources of heterogeneity.

Background and Aims: To reduce health and social inequities, it is important to understand how drinking patterns vary within and between Indigenous peoples. We aimed to assess variability in estimates of Indigenous Australian drinking patterns and to identify demographic and methodological factors a...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 115; no. 10; pp. 1817 - 1831
Main Authors: Conigrave, James H., Lee, K. S. Kylie, Zheng, Catherine, Wilson, Scott, Perry, Jimmy, Chikritzhs, Tanya, Slade, Tim, Morley, Kirsten, Room, Robin, Callinan, Sarah, Hayman, Noel, Conigrave, Katherine M.
Format: meta analysis research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2020
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          Conigrave, James H.
          Lee, K. S. Kylie
          Zheng, Catherine
          Wilson, Scott
          Perry, Jimmy
          Chikritzhs, Tanya
          Slade, Tim
          Morley, Kirsten
          Room, Robin
          Callinan, Sarah
          Hayman, Noel
          Conigrave, Katherine M.
        affil: Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW,, Australia
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          Alcohol Drinking Evaluation
          Aboriginal Australians
          Torres Strait Islanders
          Human
          Systematic Review
          Meta Analysis
          Confidence Intervals
          Descriptive Statistics
          Socioeconomic Factors
          Australia
      ab: Background and Aims: To reduce health and social inequities, it is important to understand how drinking patterns vary within and between Indigenous peoples. We aimed to assess variability in estimates of Indigenous Australian drinking patterns and to identify demographic and methodological factors associated with this. Design A three‐level meta‐analysis of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ('Indigenous') drinking patterns [International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) no. CRD42018103209]. Setting: Australia. Participants: Indigenous Australians. Measurements The primary outcomes extracted were drinking status, single‐occasion risk and life‐time risk. Moderation analysis was performed to identify potential sources of heterogeneity. Moderators included gender, age, socio‐economic status, local alcohol restrictions, sample population, remoteness, Australian state or territory, publication year, Indigenous involvement in survey design or delivery and cultural adaptations. Findings A systematic review of the literature revealed 41 eligible studies. For all primary outcomes, considerable heterogeneity was identified within (I22 = 51.39–68.80%) and between (I32 = 29.27–47.36%) samples. The pooled proportions (P) of current drinkers [P = 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.53–0.65], single‐occasion (P = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.24–0.44) and life‐time (P = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.15–0.29) risk were all moderated by gender, age, remoteness and measurement tool. Reference period moderated proportions of participants at single‐occasion risk. Conclusions: Indigenous Australian drinking patterns vary within and between communities. Initiatives to reduce high‐risk drinking should take account of this variability.
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