ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2018
Comparing daily drivers of problem drinking among older and younger adults: An electronic daily diary study using smartphones.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Daily factors driving daily substance use and chronic pain among older adults with HIV: An exploratory study using ecological momentary assessment.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2019Trial
- A Daily Diary Study of Positive Experiences and Alcohol Use Among Non-Abstaining Adults Aged 50+ Years.Journal of aging and health · 2026Article
- Covariation of daily stressors and alcohol use among adults aged 50+ years: differences across stressor characteristics and individual factors.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Article
- Sleep-Related Predictors of Risk for Alcohol Use and Related Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2024Review
- Hazardous drinking by older adults with chronic conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a Chicago-based cohort.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2023Article
- Age as a moderator of motivational interviewing and nondirective client-centered psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder: An exploratory study.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2023Article
- Gender differences in the relationship between loneliness and health-related behavioral risk factors among the Hakka elderly in Fujian, China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Boredom in a Time of Uncertainty: State and Trait Boredom's Associations with Psychological Health during COVID-19.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Daily diary study of loneliness, alcohol, and drug use during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on temporal patterns of mental health and substance abuse related mortality in Michigan: An interrupted time series analysis.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- The impact of the COVID lockdown on alcohol consumption in the Netherlands. The role of living arrangements and social isolation.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Loneliness and Daily Alcohol Consumption During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2022Article
- Melatonin Reduces Alcohol Drinking in Rats with Disrupted Function of the Serotonergic System.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Adverse Effects from the Imposition of Social Restrictions in Greece: the Indirect Effect of COVID-19-Related Fear on Alcohol Consumption Through Loneliness.Trends in psychology · 2022Article
- Participating in Longitudinal Observational Research on Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Quantitative Results From a Patient Perspective Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Recruiting Cisgender Female Couples for Health Disparity-Focused Daily Diary Research: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned.Psychology and sexuality · 2022Article
- FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ESCALATION OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2022Review
- Association between relationship quality and concurrent alcohol use and sedative-tranquilizer misuse in middle and later life.Aging & mental health · 2021Article
- Associations of social capital with binge drinking in a national sample of adults: The importance of neighborhoods and networks.Health & place · 2021Article
- Translational approach to understanding momentary factors associated with alcohol consumption.British journal of pharmacology · 2020Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundBy 2030, numbers and proportions of older adults with substance-use problems are expected to increase. While risk factors for problem drinking in late life have been identified, it remains unknown whether these factors drive daily drinking among older problem drinkers. This study examined the daily drivers of drinking among problem drinkers, moderated by age, utilizing ecological momentary assessment (EMA).
methodParticipants (N = 139), ages 20-73, received daily EMA online surveys completed via a smartphone prior to initiation of treatment. Multilevel modeling tested the moderating impact of age on within- and between-person relationships between drinking and focal predictors (mood, loneliness, boredom, stress, poor sleep, social factors, alcohol salience, commitment and confidence not to drink heavily).
resultsOlder adults reported greater alcohol consumption when daily boredom levels were higher. Heavier drinking among younger adults was associated with poorer sleep quality. Greater daily confidence, daily commitment and daily alcohol salience did not impact drinking to the same extent for older adults as for younger adults. Greater person-level commitment predicted reduced drinking equivalently across age, but low person-level commitment predicted greater drinking among older adults compared to their younger counterparts.
conclusionOlder adults may have unique daily drivers of drinking that are not fully realized in current research and intervention efforts. Addressing the growing substance-use treatment needs among this population will require identifying the unique drivers of drinking among older adults, such as boredom, when compared to younger adults.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.