{"id":1359,"date":"2019-05-09T23:32:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T23:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2019-05-13T15:27:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T15:27:04","slug":"one-in-five-people-in-england-harmed-by-others-drinking-over-past-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bmjopen\/2019\/05\/09\/one-in-five-people-in-england-harmed-by-others-drinking-over-past-year\/","title":{"rendered":"One in five people in England harmed by others\u2019 drinking over past year"},"content":{"rendered":"

And nearly one in 20 of them experienced aggression, indicates largest survey of its kind<\/em><\/p>\n

One in five people in England have been harmed in some way by others\u2019 drinking over the past year, suggest the results of the largest survey<\/a> of its kind in the UK, published in the online journal\u00a0BMJ Open<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly one in 20 of them experienced aggression–physically threatened or hurt, or forced\/pressurised into something sexual, the findings indicate.<\/p>\n

In 2012, alcohol was responsible for around 6 per cent of all deaths and 5 per cent of all ill health around the globe.<\/p>\n

The survey of 5000 adults across England looked at the extent, type, and frequency of the harms associated with other people\u2019s drinking, who is most likely to be affected, as well as who and what might be driving it.<\/p>\n

The researchers drew on an extended Alcohol Toolkit Survey (ATS), carried out between November 2015 and January 2016. The ATS is a nationally representative household survey, which includes a new sample of adults every month.<\/p>\n

The extended survey included 18 additional questions on a wide range of potential harms associated with other people\u2019s drinking.<\/p>\n

These ranged from actual or threatened physical violence, through emotional hurt or neglect or having to care for someone whose drinking had resulted in illness\/disability, to being kept awake at night because of associated noise and disruption.<\/p>\n

Those who said they had been in any of these situations in the past 12 months were asked to say who had been responsible, and how often it had happened.<\/p>\n

They were also asked how much they drank themselves, using a validated measure (AUDIT) which identifies levels of hazardous\/harmful drinking.<\/p>\n

Data were available for\u00a04874\u00a0respondents. These showed that one in five (just over 20%;\u00a0980)\u00a0people said they had experienced at least one of the 18 harms as a result of someone else\u2019s drinking over the past year.<\/p>\n

The most commonly reported harm was being kept awake at night (8%) or feeling anxious\/uncomfortable at a social occasion (nearly 7%). But around one in 20 (4.6%;\u00a0225) said they had experienced violence\/aggression–physically threatened or hurt, or forced\/pressurised into sex.<\/p>\n

Men (5.3%) reported they were slightly more likely than women (4%) to experience violence\/aggression while women were around twice as likely as men to report they had experienced emotional harm\/neglect (just under 5% vs<\/em>\u00a0just over 2%).<\/p>\n

Friends\u00a0(590)\u00a0and strangers\u00a0(578)\u00a0were the most commonly cited perpetrators, accounting for\u00a0around\u00a0half (46%) of the reported incidents.<\/p>\n

One in five (19%) respondents who reported having been forced or pressurised into \u00a0something sexual, said this was at the hands of a stranger, but the most commonly cited perpetrator was a co-habiting partner (23%, rising to almost 40% when including partners who lived elsewhere).<\/p>\n

While most harms\u00a0were experienced\u00a0less than monthly (75%),\u00a0around 5 per cent were experienced daily or near daily.<\/p>\n

The factors associated with experiencing harm were younger age (16-24); white British ethnicity; having qualifications; living in private rented accommodation, rather than being a home-owner; having a disability; and being a hazardous drinker.<\/p>\n

Hazardous drinkers were more than twice as likely to report harm as a result of someone else\u2019s drinking (nearly 38%) than those whose drinking was not at this level (just over 17%).<\/p>\n

People with children in the household and those who were retired were less likely to experience harm.<\/p>\n

This is an observational and\u00a0exploratory\u00a0study, and as such, can\u2019t establish cause. What\u2019s more, the responses relied on recall, and some groups, such as the homeless, and those in hospital, care, or in prisons, weren\u2019t included\u2500factors which might have affected the results, caution the researchers.<\/p>\n

But they point out: \u201cThis is the largest ever survey of [alcohol-related harms to others] conducted within the UK, and the first national study in England.\u201d<\/p>\n

They add: \u201cIt is clear that [alcohol-related harm to others] is relatively prevalent and that some individuals experience harm frequently. The most prevalent harms could be considered insignificant, but even apparently minor harms such as sleep disruption can have an impact on health and quality of life, particularly if experienced persistently.\u201d<\/p>\n

And they conclude: \u201cPolicies that focus on alcohol must take into consideration the impact of drinking on those other than the drinker.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And nearly one in 20 of them experienced aggression, indicates largest survey of its kind One in five people in England have been harmed in some way by others\u2019 drinking over the past year, suggest the results of the largest survey of its kind in the UK, published in the online journal\u00a0BMJ Open. Nearly one […]<\/p>\n

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