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. 2016 Mar 22;22(1):763.
doi: 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v22i1.763. eCollection 2016.

Conjoint moderate or high-risk alcohol and tobacco use among male out-patients in Thailand

Supa Pengpid  1   2 , Karl Peltzer  1   3   4 , Apa Puckpinyo  1 , Kriengsak Thammaaphiphol  1
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Conjoint moderate or high-risk alcohol and tobacco use among male out-patients in Thailand

Supa Pengpid et al. S Afr J Psychiatr. .

Abstract

Objective: To better understand conjoint alcohol and tobacco use among male hospital out-patients, the purposes of this study were: (1) to assess the prevalence of conjoint use and (2) to determine the factors associated with the conjoint alcohol use and tobacco use.

Methods: In a cross-sectional survey, consecutive male out-patients from four district hospitals in Nakhon Pathom province in Thailand were assessed with the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), self-reported chronic conditions and health-seeking behaviour. The sample included 2208 study participants, with a mean age of 36.2 years (SD = 11.7) and an age range of 18-60 years.

Results: Overall, 34.5% of the male hospital out-patients were conjoint moderate or high-risk alcohol and tobacco users, and 31.1% were moderate or high-risk alcohol or tobacco users. In multivariate analysis, younger age, having primary or less education, being separated, divorced or widowed, not having diabetes and not being obese were associated with conjoint moderate or high-risk alcohol and tobacco use.

Conclusion: High prevalence and several risk factors of conjoint alcohol and tobacco use were found among hospital male out-patients. The findings of this study call for dual-intervention approaches for both alcohol and tobacco.

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The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.

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