Cent Eur J Public Health 2010, 18(3):132-138 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3590

Alcohol Consumption among Men and Women with Tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia

Sonya S. Shin1,2,3, Trini A. Mathew4, Galina V. Yanova5, Garrett M. Fitzmaurice6,7,8, Viktoriya Livchits1,9, Sergey A. Yanov5, Aivar K. Strelis10,11, Sergey P. Mishustin10, Nicolai A. Bokhan12, Charmaine S. Lastimoso1, Hilary S. Connery7,13, Jessica E. Hart1, Shelly F. Greenfield7,13
1 Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
2 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
3 Partners In Health, Boston, MA, United States
4 Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
5 Tomsk Oblast Clinical Tuberculosis Hospital, Tomsk, Russian Federation
6 Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
7 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
8 Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
9 Partners In Health Russia, Tomsk, Russian Federation
10 Tomsk Oblast Tuberculosis Services, Tomsk, Russian Federation
11 Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russian Federation
12 Institute of Mental Health, Tomsk Research Center, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russian Federation
13 Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, United States

Drinking behavior among Russian women remains poorly described. We analyzed gender differences in alcohol use among 374 tuberculosis patients in Tomsk, Siberia. Twenty-six (28.3%) women had lifetime alcohol abuse or dependence, compared with 70.6% of men. Women with alcohol use disorders drank 12.7±14.0 standard drinks per day and 34.6% drank ≥ three days per week. Among individuals with a lifetime alcohol use disorder, age of onset and typical consumption did not differ significantly by gender. We conclude that Russian women with alcohol use disorders consume almost as much alcohol as men and may be at greater risk for negative social and medical consequences.

Keywords: women, gender, alcohol use disorders, tuberculosis, Russia, review

Received: October 8, 2009; Revised: March 24, 2010; Accepted: March 24, 2010; Published: September 1, 2010  Show citation

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Shin SS, Mathew TA, Yanova GV, Fitzmaurice GM, Livchits V, Yanov SA, et al.. Alcohol Consumption among Men and Women with Tuberculosis in Tomsk, Russia. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2010;18(3):132-138. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3590. PubMed PMID: 21033607.
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