Markus Jokela

Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Finland

Publications

• Research Article   
  Sociodemographic risk factors for the persistence of harmful alcohol use: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies
  Author(s): Anna Ehrnrooth*, Kia Gluschkoff, Markus Jokela and Kaisla Komulainen
  
  Background: Previous research suggests several sociodemographic risk factors for the persistence of harmful alcohol use. However, the evidence is limited due to short follow-up times, retrospective reporting and selected study populations. We pooled data from prospective cohort studies to systematically evaluate whether the sociodemographic risk factors differ between the incidence and persistence of harmful alcohol use. Methods: Data were from six prospective cohort studies from the US, UK and Japan (n=28,394). We conducted a two-stage meta-analysis to examine the associations of seven sociodemographic risk factors (sex, age, ethnicity, relationship status, educational attainment, smoking and psychological distress) with the incidence and persistence of harmful alcohol use. Tests of heterogeneity were used to evaluate whether the associatio.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4303/jdar/236195

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