TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing Gender Interactions in the Prediction of Mortality in Alcoholic Men and Women
T2 - A 20‐Year Follow‐Up Study
AU - Lewis, Collins E.
AU - Smith, Elizabeth
AU - Kercher, Carman
AU - Spitznagel, Edward
PY - 1995/10
Y1 - 1995/10
N2 - This study investigates the predictors of mortality in 259 male and female alcoholics who were psychiatrically hospitalized between 1967 and 1968 and followed for > 20 years. The findings showed that, in addition to age, marital status, medical complications, and non‐antisocial personality comorbidity were important independent predictors of time to death. Data pointed to gender interactions, in that marital disruption tended to be a stronger predictor of mortality in men, and delirium tremens tended to be a stronger predictor of mortality in women. Knowing and understanding that certain events and processes may differentially affect the survival of male and female alcoholics will allow for the development of more individualized and gender‐specific therapeutic interventions.
AB - This study investigates the predictors of mortality in 259 male and female alcoholics who were psychiatrically hospitalized between 1967 and 1968 and followed for > 20 years. The findings showed that, in addition to age, marital status, medical complications, and non‐antisocial personality comorbidity were important independent predictors of time to death. Data pointed to gender interactions, in that marital disruption tended to be a stronger predictor of mortality in men, and delirium tremens tended to be a stronger predictor of mortality in women. Knowing and understanding that certain events and processes may differentially affect the survival of male and female alcoholics will allow for the development of more individualized and gender‐specific therapeutic interventions.
KW - Alcoholism
KW - Marital Disruption
KW - Medical Complications
KW - Mortality
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb01596.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1995.tb01596.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 8561286
AN - SCOPUS:0028832541
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 19
SP - 1162
EP - 1172
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 5
ER -