125
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Women over 50 who use alcohol and their engagement with primary and preventative health services: a narrative review using a systematic approach

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon

References

  • Keyes KM, Jager J, Mal‐Sarkar T, Patrick ME, Rutherford C, Hasin D. Is there a recent epidemic of women’s drinking? A critical review of national studies. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res. 2019;43:1344–59.
  • Holton A, Boland F, Gallagher P, Fahey T, Kenny R, Cousin G. Life course transitions and changes in alcohol consumption among older Irish adults: results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA). JAging Health. 2019;31:1568–88.
  • Milic J, Glisic M, Voortman T, Borba LP, Asllanaj E, Rojas LZ, Troup J, Kiefte-de Jong JC, van Beeck E, Muka T, et al. Menopause, ageing, and alcohol use disorders in women. Maturitas. 2018;111:100–9. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.03.006.
  • Blow FC. Treatment of older women with alcohol problems: meeting the challenge for a special population. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2000;24(8):1257–66.
  • Han BH, Moore AA, Sherman SE, Palamar JJ. Prevalence and correlates of binge drinking among older adults with multimorbidity. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2018;187:48–54. doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.01.038.
  • Mehrabi N, Yousefzadeh S, Asghari Nekah SM, Saki A. Effect of Solution-focused Group Counseling Approach on the Happiness of Postmenopausal Women Suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome. J Midwifery Reprod Health. 2021;9:2548–54.
  • Banks J, Batty GD, Breedvelt JJF, Coughlin K, Crawford R, Marmot M, Nazroo J, Oldfield Z, Steel N, Steptoe A, et al. 2021. English longitudinal study of ageing: Waves 0-9, 1998-2019 [data collection]. 36th ed. UK Data Service, London.
  • Börsch-Supan A, Jürges J. 2005. The survey of health, aging, and retirement in Europe – Methodology. Mannheim (Germany): Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA).
  • Clair PS, Bugliari D, Campbell N, Chien S, Hayden O, Hurd M, Main R, Miu A, Moldoff M, Panis C, et al. 2011. RAND HRS data documentation, version L. Santa Monica (CA): RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
  • Kenny RA, Whelan BJ, Cronin H, Kamiya Y, Kearney P, O’Regan C, Ziegel M. 2010. The design of the Irish longitudinal study on ageing.
  • Lee J. Data sets on pensions and health: data collection and sharing for policy design. Int Soc Secur Rev. 2010;63(3-4):197–222.
  • Neville CE, Cruise SM, Burns F. 2021. The Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal Study of Ageing (NICOLA). In: Gu D, Dupre ME, editors. Encyclopedia of gerontology and population aging. Cham: Springer.
  • ICGP. 2014. A career in general practice. http://www.icgp.ie.
  • Freund T, Everett C, Griffiths P, Hudon C, Naccarella L, Laurant M. Skill mix, roles and remuneration in the primary care workforce: who are the healthcare professionals in the primary care teams across the world? Int J Nurs Stud. 2015;52(3):727–43.
  • Giang KW, Lilja JL. Strategies for achieving efficiency in the general practitioner’s everyday life. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2022;40(2):261–70.
  • Black DA, Taggart J, Jayasinghe UW, Proudfoot J, Crookes P, Beilby J, Powell-Davis G, Wilson LA, Harris MF. The Teamwork Study: enhancing the role of non-GP staff in chronic disease management in general practice. Aust J Prim Health. 2013;19(3):184–9., doi:10.1071/PY11071.
  • Mauro PM, Askari MS, Han BH. Gender differences in any alcohol screening and discussions with providers among older adults in the United States, 2015 to 2019. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021;45(9):1812–20. doi:10.1111/acer.14668.
  • Abraham TH, Lewis ET, Drummond KL, Timko C, Cucciare MA. Providers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators to disclosure of alcohol use by women veterans. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2017;18(1):64–72. doi:10.1017/S1463423616000384.
  • Arber S, McKinlay J, Adams A, Marceau L, Link C, O'Donnell A. Influence of patient characteristics on doctors’ questioning and lifestyle advice for coronary heart disease: a UK/US video experiment. Br J Gen Pract. 2004;54:673–8.
  • Jorgensen JT, Andersen JS, Tjonneland A, Andersen ZJ. Determinants related to gender differences in general practice utilization: Danish Diet, Cancer and Health Cohort. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2016;34(3):240–9. doi:10.1080/02813432.2016.1207141.
  • Joanna Briggs Institute. 2022. Critical appraisal tools. https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools.html.
  • Brennan PL, Moos RH, Kim JY. Gender differences in the individual characteristics and life contexts of late-middle-aged and older problem drinkers. Addiction. 1993;88(6):781–90. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1993.tb02092.x.
  • Fredman L, Sexton M, Cui Y, Althuis M, Wehren L, Hornbeck P, Kanarek N. Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and screening mammography among women ages 50 and older. Prev Med: Int J Devoted to Pract Theory. 1999;28:407–17.
  • Holroyd S, Currie L, Thompson-Heisterman A, Abraham I. A descriptive study of elderly community-dwelling alcoholic patients in the rural south. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1997;5(3):221–8. doi:10.1097/00019442-199700530-00006.
  • Merrick EL, Hodgkin D, Garnick DW, Horgan CM, Panas L, Ryan M, Saitz R, Blow FC. Unhealthy drinking patterns and receipt of preventive medical services by older adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(11):1741–8. doi:10.1007/s11606-008-0753-3.
  • Rothmann M, Holberg M, Gram J, Brixen K, Hermann A, Rubin K, Moller S, Holmberg T, Bech M, Gluer CC, et al. Non-participation in systematic screening for osteoporosis-the ROSE trial. Osteoporos. Int.. 2017;28:3389–99.
  • Satre DD, Arean PA. Effects of gender, ethnicity, and medical illness on drinking cessation in older primary care patients. J Aging Health. 2005;17(1):70–84. doi:10.1177/0898264304272785.
  • Urbanoski KA. The use of preventive healthcare by Canadian women who drink alcohol. Prev Med: Int J Devoted Pract Theory. 2003;37:334–41.
  • Wilkinson C, Dare J, French M, McDermott ML, Lo J, Allsop S. Prescribing or dispensing medication represents the best opportunity for GPs and pharmacists to engage older people in alcohol-related clinical conversations. Int J Pharm Pract. 2016;24(5):319–25. doi:10.1111/ijpp.12255.
  • Conway E, Wyke S, Sugden J, Mutrie N, Anderson AS. Can a lifestyle intervention be offered through NHS breast cancer screening? Challenges and opportunities identified in a qualitative study of women attending screening. BMC Public Health. 2016;16:1–9.
  • Haighton C, Kidd J, O'Donnell A, Wilson G, McCabe K, Ling J. I take my tablets with the whiskey’: a qualitative study of alcohol and medication use in mid to later life. PloS One. 2018;13(10):e0205956. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0205956.
  • Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, Group P. Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: the PRISMA statement. Int J Surg (London, England). 2010;8:336–41.
  • Blow FC, Barry KL. Use and misuse of alcohol among older women. Alcohol Res Health. 2002;26(4):308–15.
  • Newman CB. Alcohol use in midlife women. Menopause. 2019;26:1448.
  • Guinle MIB, Sinha R. The role of stress, trauma, and negative affect in alcohol misuse and alcohol use disorder in women. Alcohol Res: Curr Rev. 2020;40: 05.
  • Denny CH, Acero CS, Naimi TS, Kim SY. Consumption of alcohol beverages and binge drinking among pregnant women aged 18–44 years—United States, 2015–2017. Morb Mort Wkly Rep. 2019;68(16): 365.
  • Loxton NJ, Dawe S. Alcohol abuse and dysfunctional eating in adolescent girls: the influence of individual differences in sensitivity to reward and punishment. Int J Eat Disord. 2001;29(4): 455–462.
  • Mattson SN, Bernes GA, Doyle LR. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders: a review of the neurobehavioral deficits associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res. 2019;43(6): 1046–1062.
  • Schleider JL, Ye F, Wang F, Hipwell AE, Chung T, Sartor CE. Longitudinal reciprocal associations between anxiety, depression, and alcohol use in adolescent girls. Alcohol: Clin Exp Res. 2019;43(1):98–107.
  • Wilsnack RW, Wilsnack SC. Alcohol use and menopause. Menopause. 2016;23(4):458–460. doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000000631.
  • Karriker-Jaffe KJ, Greenfield TK, Mulia N, Zemore SE. Ten-year trend in women’s reasons for abstaining or limiting drinking: the 2000 and 2010 United States National Alcohol Surveys. J Womens Health (Larchmt)). 2018;27(5):665–75. doi:10.1089/jwh.2017.6613.
  • Bhargava S, Tsuruda K, Moen K, Bukholm I, Hofvind S. Lower attendance rates in immigrant versus non-immigrant women in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme. J Med Screen. 2018;25(3):155–61. doi:10.1177/0969141317733771.
  • Crede SH, Such E, Mason S. International migrants’ use of emergency departments in Europe compared with non-migrants’ use: a systematic review. Eur J Public Health. 2018;28(1):61–73. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckx057.
  • Menvielle G, Richard J-B, Ringa V, Dray-Spira R, Beck F. To what extent is women’s economic situation associated with cancer screening uptake when nationwide screening exists? A study of breast and cervical cancer screening in France in 2010. Cancer Causes Control. 2014;25(8):977–83. doi:10.1007/s10552-014-0397-z.
  • Stanzel KA, Hammerberg K, Fisher J. Challenges in menopausal care of immigrant women. Maturitas. 2021;150:49–60.
  • Zhang W, Rose S, Foster A, Pullon S, Lawton B. Breast cancer and breast screening: perceptions of Chinese migrant women living in New Zealand. J Prim Health Care. 2014;6(2):135–42.
  • McKenzie KJ, Pierce D, Mercer SW, Gunn JM. Do GPs use motivational interviewing skills in routine consultations with patients living with mental-physical multimorbidity? An observational study of primary care in Scotland. Chronic Illness. 2021;17(1):29–40.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.