- Title
- Association between Bar Closing Time, Alcohol Use Disorders and Blood Alcohol Concentration: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study of Nightlife-Goers in Perth, Australia
- Creator
- Gilmore, William; Symons, Martyn; Liang, Wenbin; Graham, Kathryn; Kypri, Kypros; Miller, Peter; Chikritzhs, Tanya
- Relation
- International Journal of Enviornmental Research and Public Health Vol. 19, Issue 12, no. 7026
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127026
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Introduction and aims: Associations between bar trading hours, a government lever for controlling alcohol availability, nightlife-goer intoxication levels and their likelihood of alcohol use disorder (AUD) have not been explored. We investigated whether: (i) participant AUD was associated with blood alcohol concentration (BAC); and, (ii) any association between AUD and BAC was moderated by participant preferred bar (i.e., venue spent most time at) closing time. Design and methods: A cross-sectional observational study using a sample of nightlife-goers who went out drinking in Perth, Western Australia, on weekends in 2015-16. Participants who reported alcohol use that night and spent most time in a bar (n = 667) completed street intercept surveys including AUDIT-C (n = 459) and provided a breath sample to estimate BAC (n = 651). We used gender-specific multinomial logistic regression models to explore associations between participant AUDIT-C score (1–4, lower risk; 5–7, hazardous; 8–12, active AUD), preferred bar type (standard vs. late closing time based on absence or presence of an extended trading permit) and BAC (male: 0–0.049, 0.05–0.099, ≥0.1 g/100 mL; female: 0–0.049, 0.05–0.079, ≥0.08 g/100 mL). Results: Males with active AUD (RR = 3.31; 95% CI 1.30–8.42; p = 0.01) and females with hazardous/active AUD (RR = 9.75; 95% CI 2.78–34.21; p < 0.001) were both more likely to have high-range BAC than their counterparts typically drinking at lower risk. We also found preferred bar type moderated the association between AUDIT-C score and BAC for some males but no females. Males with active AUD and high-range BAC were less likely to prefer late closing bars than males usually drinking at lower risk and high-range BAC (RR = 0.12; 95% CI 0.02–0.96; p = 0.046). Discussion and conclusions: Our study provides evidence of positive associations between AUD and acute intoxication among nightlife-goers and on the moderating effect of bar closing times among males.
- Subject
- nightlife-goers; bars; on-trade licensed outlets; alcohol use disorders; AUDIT-C; blood alcohol concentration; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1484887
- Identifier
- uon:51447
- Identifier
- ISSN:1661-7827
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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