Do Quantity-Frequency Data Underestimate Drinking-Related Health Risks?
Abstract: Identifying health impairment related to ethanol consumption is one of the major objectives of public health research. The most frequently used method for assessing drinking behavior in public health surveys and related research has been estimation formulae like the Quantity-Frequency (QF)...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 72; no. 8; pp. 823 - 829 |
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American Public Health Association
Aug1982
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=4949479&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 4949479 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug1982 vid: 72 iid: 8 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 4949479 10.2105/AJPH.72.8.823 ppf: 823 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Do Quantity-Frequency Data Underestimate Drinking-Related Health Risks? aug: au: Sobell, Linda C. Cellucci, Tony Nirenberg, Ted D. Sobell, Mark B. affil: Clinical Institute, Addiction Research Foundation, 33 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S1, Canada. University of Toronto. North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC. Sea Pines Behavioral Institute, Hilton Head Island, SC. Georgia Southern College. Clinical Institute, Addiction Research Foundation, University of Toronto. su: Public health research Alcohol drinking Health Disabilities Alcohol Drinking behavior Health risk assessment Extrapolation Quantitative research sug: subj: Public health research Alcohol drinking Health Disabilities Alcohol Drinking behavior Health risk assessment Extrapolation Quantitative research ab: Abstract: Identifying health impairment related to ethanol consumption is one of the major objectives of public health research. The most frequently used method for assessing drinking behavior in public health surveys and related research has been estimation formulae like the Quantity-Frequency (QF) method which derives an estimate of typical/average levels of dully consumption. In recent years, questions have arisen as to whether the QF method can accurately reflect actual drinking patterns. This study compares a QF method of assessing daily drinking behavior with a newer, more quantitative method (Time-Line TL) of assessing daily drinking. The QF and TL methods yielded similar mean daily ethanol consumption levels: however, in contrast to the TL method, the QF method seriously masked subjects' actual drinking patterns b v failing to identify certain types of ethanol consumption days. especially those thought to be associated with health risks. These findings, while provocative, were obtained with a small number of subjects (N = 40). Extrapolation to populations other than problem drinkers, while likely, awaits further empirical validation. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 1982 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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