dc.contributor |
Reykjavík University (RU) |
dc.contributor |
Háskólinn í Reykjavík (HR) |
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Ahacic, Kozma |
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Kåreholt, Ingemar |
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Helgason, Asgeir R. |
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Allebeck, Peter |
dc.date.accessioned |
2018-12-19T15:43:24Z |
dc.date.available |
2018-12-19T15:43:24Z |
dc.date.issued |
2013-03-04 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Ahacic, K., Kareholt, I., Helgason, A. R., & Allebeck, P. (2013). Non-response bias and hazardous alcohol use in relation to previous alcohol-related hospitalization: comparing survey responses with population data. Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, 8, 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-8-10 |
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1747-597X |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/963 |
dc.description |
Publisher's version (útgefin grein) |
dc.description.abstract |
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.
Keywords: Non-response bias, Missing data, Attrition, Hazardous alcohol use, Abstainers, Abstinence |
dc.description.sponsorship |
The study was made possible by Stockholm County Council and the Swedish National Institute of Public Health. |
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10 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Biomed Central LTD |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy;8(1) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Non-response bias |
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Missing data |
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Attrition |
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Hazardous alcohol use |
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Abstainers |
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Abstinence |
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Sálfræði |
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Fíkn |
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Áfengisneysla |
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Psychology |
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dc.title |
Non-response bias and hazardous alcohol use in relation to previous alcohol-related hospitalization: comparing survey responses with population data |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
© 2013 Ahacic et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative
Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and
reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
dc.description.version |
Peer Reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.1186/1747-597X-8-10 |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Business (RU) |
dc.contributor.school |
Viðskiptadeild (HR) |