The Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Pain Interference in a Nationally Representative Sample: The Moderating Roles of Gender and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptomatology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior research on alcohol consumption and pain has yielded inconsistent results regarding the directionality of effects for both consumption-to-pain and pain-to-consumption relations. The present study sought to examine directionality of these relations by testing bidirectional longitudinal associations between consumption and pain interference, a crucial aspect of pain that captures pain-related disability and has been regarded as a valuable measure of treatment outcome. In addition, this study explored possible moderation of these bidirectional longitudinal associations by gender and alcohol use disorder (AUD) symptomatology.

Methods

Analyses included 29,989 current/former drinkers who were interviewed at both waves (2001 and 2004) of the U.S. National Epidemiol

SUBMITTER: Yeung EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069800 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature