Objectives: As unrecorded alcohol use contributes to a
substantial burden of disease, this study characterises
this phenomenon in newly independent states (NIS) of
the former Soviet Union with regard to the sources of
unrecorded alcohol, and the proportion of unrecorded
of total alcohol consumption. We also investigate
associated sociodemographic characteristics and
drinking patterns.
Design: Cross-sectional
data on overall and unrecorded
alcohol use in the past 7 days from WHO STEPwise
Approach to NCD Risk Factor Surveillance (STEPS) surveys.
Descriptive statistics were calculated at the country level,
hierarchical logistic and linear regression models were
used to investigate sociodemographic characteristics
and drinking patterns associated with using unrecorded
alcohol.
Setting: Nine NIS (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
and Uzbekistan) in the years 2013–2017.
Participants: Nationally representative samples including
a total of 36 259 participants.
Results: A total of 6251 participants (19.7%; 95% CI
7.9% to 31.5%) reported alcohol consumption in the past
7 days, 2185 of which (35.1%; 95% CI 8.2% to 62.0%)
reported unrecorded alcohol consumption with pronounced
differences between countries. The population-weighted
average proportion of unrecorded consumption in nine NIS
was 8.7% (95% CI 5.9% to 12.4%). The most common
type of unrecorded alcohol was home-made
spirits,
followed by home-made
beer and wine. Older (45–69 vs
25–44 years) and unemployed (vs employed) participants
had higher odds of using unrecorded alcohol. More
nuanced sociodemographic differences were observed for
specific types of unrecorded alcohol.
Conclusions This contribution is the first to highlight
both, prevalence and composition of unrecorded alcohol
consumption in nine NIS. The observed proportions and
sources of unrecorded alcohol are discussed in light of
local challenges in policy implementation, especially in
regard to the newly formed Eurasian Economic Union
(EAEU), as some but not all NIS are in the EAEU.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:83018 |
| Date | 23 January 2023 |
| Creators | Probst, Charlotte, Manthey, Jakob, Ferreira-Borges, Carina, Neufeld, Maria, Rakovac, Ivo, Andreasyan, Diana, Sturua, Lela, Novik, Irina, Hagverdiyev, Gahraman, Obreja, Galina, Altymysheva, Nurila, Ergeshov, Muhammet, Shukrov, Shukhrat, Saifuddinov, Safar, Rehm, Jürgen |
| Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 2044-6055 |
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