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KMID : 1143820200160020091
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Anxiety and Mood
2020 Volume.16 No. 2 p.91 ~ p.97
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The Relationship Between the Severity of Drinking and Suicidal Ideation in The General Korean Population-Analysis by Gender and Age Groups
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Lee Sun-Min
Shin Young-Chul
Shin Dong-Won
Oh Kang-Seob
Jeon Sang-Won
Kim Eun-Jin
Cho Sung-Joon
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Abstract
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Objective : The suicide mortality rate among Koreans was ranked first among the OECD countries in2018. Alcohol consumption is a significant risk factor for suicidal behavior. This study examined the relationshipbetween the severity of subjects’ drinking habits and the suicidal ideation among Koreans accordingto gender and age.
Methods : The data of 113,602 people who visited the Kangbuk Samsung Hospital Health Screening Centerfrom January 2013 to December 2014 were used. The severity of subjects’ harmful drinking habits wasassessed using the Korean version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-K). The relationshipbetween the severity of harmful drinking and suicidal ideation was compared using logistic regressionanalyses. We also examined the tendency through p for trend to identify a trend.
Results : Of the 113,602 study subjects, 6,586 (5.8%) responded that they had thought of committing suicide.
After controlling for gender, marriage, education, body mass index (BMI), depression and anxiety, theresults showed that the higher the level of harmful drinking, the higher the suicidal ideation.
Conclusion : This study found that, even after controlling depression and anxiety, the severity of drinkingcould be a significant risk factor for suicidal ideation.
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KEYWORD
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Severity of drinking, AUDIT-K, Suicidal ideation
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