The Role of Functional Health Literacy in terms of Harmful Alcohol Use in Adults with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder

Dylan A Gould; Rebecca E Lubin; Shelby J McGrew; Tanya Smit; Anka A Vujanovic; Michael W Otto; Michael J Zvolensky

doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-4144996/v1

The Role of Functional Health Literacy in terms of Harmful Alcohol Use in Adults with Probable Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder

Res Sq [Preprint]. 2024 Mar 26:rs.3.rs-4144996. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4144996/v1.

Authors

Dylan A Gould¹, Rebecca E Lubin¹, Shelby J McGrew², Tanya Smit³, Anka A Vujanovic², Michael W Otto¹, Michael J Zvolensky³

Affiliations

¹ Boston University.
² Texas A&M University.
³ University of Houston.

Abstract

Purpose: The current study examined functional health literacy (FHL) in regard to hazardous drinking among a sample with probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Methods: Participants were 565 adults with probable PTSD and hazardous alcohol use (52.2% female, 68.8% Non-Hispanic White, average age = 39.2 years ± 10.9 years).

Results: FHL literacy maintained statistically significant role in terms of hazardous drinking (p < .001) even in the context of posttraumatic stress.

Conclusion: FHL may be important to better understand hazardous drinking among persons with comorbid PTSD and AUD.

Keywords: Functional health literacy; alcohol use disorder; hazardous alcohol use; post-traumatic stress disorder.

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