Heng Jiang, Koen Smit, Dan Anderson-Luxford, Bree Willoughby, J Adamm Ferrier, Amany Tanyos, Robin Room, Anne-Marie Laslett
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Abstract
Objective: The magnitude of caring for others because of excessive alcohol use is unclear in Australia and internationally. This study explores the prevalence, sociodemographic predictors, and consequences of informal care for others because of alcohol use.
Method: A survey on harm from others' drinking was conducted among 2,574 Australian adults in November 2021 from national random digit dial and "Life in Australia" panel samples to elicit representative data. Respondents who indicated that they had "heavy drinker/s" in their lives (n = 1,585) were asked about their experience of caring for these drinkers and their dependents in the last 12 months. Weighted logistic and linear regressions examined (a) sociodemographic factors associated with informal care because of others' drinking and (b) the impact of the caregiving burden on the caregiver's financial status, overall health, and quality of life.
Results: Overall, 20% of participants reported caregiving responsibilities arising from others' drinking. Older age, unemployment, residing in capital cities, and reporting birth in a non-English-speaking background country were associated with a reduced likelihood of caregiving. In contrast, higher education and more frequent risky drinking were associated with an increased likelihood. Caregivers reported significantly higher financial disadvantage, a lower quality of life, and poorer overall health.
Conclusions: One in five adults reported caring for drinkers in the previous 12 months, and this was associated with negative consequences for those providing care. Service providers, health promotion practitioners, and policymakers should focus on younger age groups, those who live in regional areas, and those born in Australia who are at greater risk of being burdened by caregiving because of others' alcohol use.
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The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.
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