2025-06-16 ミシガン大学
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- https://news.umich.edu/cheers-or-cheers-ious-consequences-how-older-couples-drinking-habits-affect-health/
- https://www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.15288/jsad.24-00013
高齢異性カップルのアルコール使用の経時的パターン: 健康への影響 Patterns of alcohol use over time among older different-sex couples: Implications for health
Angela Turkelson, Kira S. Birditt, Courtney A. Polenick, James A. Cranford, and Frederic C. Blow
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs Published:May 23, 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.24-00013
Abstract
Objective:
Longitudinal patterns of alcohol use among older couples may have important implications for health. This study identified trajectories of alcohol use among different-sex couples and their associations with health over 24 years.
Method:
Participants included 9,823 older married/cohabiting different-sex couples from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), in which participants complete surveys every 2 years. We included couples with at least three waves of alcohol and health data between 1996 and 2020.
Results:
Dual-trajectory latent class growth analysis revealed five longitudinal couple-level trajectories of alcohol use: concordant infrequent/abstaining, concordant light, concordant moderate, discordant husband heavy wife light, and discordant husband moderate wife infrequent/abstaining. Self-rated health was higher on average but decreased more rapidly over time for concordant moderate compared to concordant infrequent/abstaining husbands and wives. On average, chronic health conditions were higher for concordant infrequent/abstaining compared to concordant light and concordant moderate couples. The number of conditions increased more rapidly over time for concordant infrequent/abstaining and discordant husband heavy wife light compared to concordant light and discordant husband moderate wife infrequent/abstaining couples.
Conclusions:
These findings reveal the importance of considering couple patterns of drinking amount and drinking concordance to understand the impact of alcohol use on health among older couples.
