ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2023
Association between health indifference and problem drinking using a nationwide internet survey.
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- Measurement properties of the interest in health scale among community-dwelling older adults in Japan: Verification of the 12-item, 6-item, and 4-item versions of the interest in health scale.Preventive medicine reports · 2026Article
- Associations between Health Interest Scale Dimensions and Obesity Risk: A Cross-sectional Study among Japanese Employees.JMA journal · 2025Article
- Characteristics of employees with lower health interest in a Japanese IT company: a cross-sectional study using Breslow's health practice index.Journal of occupational health · 2025Article
- Quantitative Definition of Low-Health-Interest Populations by Using Regression Trees: A Nationwide Internet Survey in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about the vulnerable populations and problem drinking in terms of health inequality. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between health indifference estimated by Health Interest Scale (HIS) and problem drinking identified by the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT).
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted utilizing data from a nationwide internet survey in Japan in 2022. The number of total participants was 29,377, with 49% of them being male, and the mean age was 47.9 (±17.9) years. The participants were categorized into the following groups based on the quintiles of HIS score: health indifference (0-16), low health interest (17-20), middle health interest (21-22), middle-high interest (23-26) and high health interest (27-36) groups. Problem drinking was identified as AUDIT score of ≥8 points.
resultsThe association between health indifference and problem drinking was explored through logistic regression with adjustment for various socioeconomic status, such as education, income level, and occupation; the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) was 1.72 [95% confidence interval (CI): 1.51-1.95].
conclusionHealth indifferent or lower health interest groups were a vulnerable population for problem drinking, regardless of their socioeconomic status. It could be useful to identify the health indifferent group through HIS and to monitor the impact of health intervention for this group for the reduction of health inequality.
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