TY - JOUR AU - Salazar Moreno, Carlos Alberto AU - Alonso-Castillo, María Magdalena AU - Armendáriz-García, Nora Angélica AU - Rodríguez-Puente, Linda Azucena PY - 2022/12/16 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Stressful life events and alcohol consumption in elderly JF - Horizonte Sanitario JA - HS VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.19136/hs.a22n1.4986 UR - https://revistahorizonte.ujat.mx/index.php/horizonte/article/view/4986 SP - 97-106 AB - <p>Objective: Determine the relationship between stressful life events and<br />alcohol consumption in elders.<br />Materials and methods: Correlational descriptive study, in 39<br />participants from Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico. A personal<br />data record, the Stress Inventory in the Life of Older Adults and the<br />Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-Geriatric Version were applied.<br />Results: 82.1% of participants were females, there were differences<br />in the means of the alcohol consumption score according to sex (U =<br />70.00, p &lt; 0.05). The events that were related to alcohol consumption<br />were the death of a son (rs = .393, p = .013), the deterioration of the<br />financial state (rs = .342, p = .033), the change to a less comfortable<br />house (rs = .560, p = .000) and the loss of a friend rs = .409, p = .010).<br />Conclusions: Stressful events can negatively impact AM and influence<br />alcohol consumption as a coping strategy.<br />Key words: Aged; Alcohol drinking; Stress psychological</p> ER -