Sökning: onr:"swepub:oai:DiVA.org:su-89723" >
Non-response bias a...
Non-response bias and hazardous alcohol use in relation to previous alcohol-related hospitalization : comparing survey responses with population data
-
- Ahacic, Kozma (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
-
- Kåreholt, Ingemar (författare)
- Jönköping University,Karolinska Institutet,Stockholms universitet,Centrum för forskning om äldre och åldrande (ARC), (tills m KI),Karolinska Institute,HHJ. Åldrande - livsvillkor och hälsa,HHJ, Institutet för gerontologi
-
- Helgason, Asgeir R. (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
-
visa fler...
-
- Allebeck, Peter (författare)
- Karolinska Institutet
-
visa färre...
-
(creator_code:org_t)
- 2013
- 2013
- Engelska.
-
Ingår i: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. - 1747-597X. ; 8, s. 10-
- Relaterad länk:
-
https://doi.org/10.1...
-
visa fler...
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
https://doi.org/10.1...
-
http://kipublication...
-
https://urn.kb.se/re...
-
visa färre...
Abstract
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Background: This study examines whether alcohol-related hospitalization predicts survey non-response, and evaluates whether this missing data result in biased estimates of the prevalence of hazardous alcohol use and abstinence. Methods: Registry data on alcohol-related hospitalizations during the preceding ten years were linked to two representative surveys. Population data corresponding to the surveys were derived from the Stockholm County registry. The alcohol-related hospitalization rates for survey responders were compared with the population data, and corresponding rates for non-responders were based on the differences between the two estimates. The proportions with hazardous alcohol use and abstinence were calculated separately for previously hospitalized and non-hospitalized responders, and non-responders were assumed to be similar to responders in this respect. Results: Persons with previous alcohol-related admissions were more likely currently to abstain from alcohol (RR=1.58, p<.001) or to have hazardous alcohol use (RR=2.06, p<.001). Alternatively, they were more than twice as likely to have become non-responders. Adjusting for this skewed non-response, i. e., the underrepresentation of hazardous users and abstainers among the hospitalized, made little difference to the estimated rates of hazardous use and abstinence in total. During the ten-year period 1.7% of the population were hospitalized. Conclusions: Few people receive alcohol-related hospital care and it remains unclear whether this group's underrepresentation in surveys is generalizable to other groups, such as hazardous users. While people with severe alcohol problems - i.e. a history of alcohol-related hospitalizations -are less likely to respond to population surveys, this particular bias is not likely to alter prevalence estimates of hazardous use.
Ämnesord
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Beroendelära (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Substance Abuse (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Hematologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Hematology (hsv//eng)
Nyckelord
- Non-response bias
- Missing data
- Attrition
- Hazardous alcohol use
- Abstainers
- Abstinence
Publikations- och innehållstyp
- ref (ämneskategori)
- art (ämneskategori)
Hitta via bibliotek
Till lärosätets databas