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| Title |
Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-14-316 |
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| Authors |
Priscilla Martinez, Lars Lien, Anne Landheim, Paul Kowal, Thomas Clausen |
| Abstract |
The literature from developed countries suggests a relationship between alcohol use and quality of life and social engagement, where harmful drinkers have lower quality of life and less social engagement. Despite the high rates of harmful alcohol use in South Africa, little is known about the association between drinking pattern and quality of life and social engagement in this context. We aimed to determine if quality of life and social engagement varied across different drinking patterns among older South African adults, contributed to drinking pattern when controlling for socio-demographic factors, and varied differentially between genders. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 48 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 19% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 13% |
| Unknown | 9 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 8 | 17% |
| Psychology | 7 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 15% |
| Unknown | 9 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2016.
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#14,194,875
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#10,308
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#176
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