Association Between Alcohol to Somatic, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms in Young Adult
Reni Merta Kusuma, Rizqi Wahyu Hidayat, Vivi Leona Amelia, Min-Huey Chung

Taipei Medical University

Abstract

Background: Alcohol has a role in mental health that could be detected by symptoms and be caused by multiple factors. This study used biopsychosocial including alcohol drinking to find potential predictors associated with somatic, depression, and anxiety symptoms. Previous studies demonstrated an association between alcohol-related health problems and mental health disorders. Moreover, few studies have been conducted on Indonesian young adults with a health education background.
Purpose: To explore the association between alcohol drinking consumption and symptom of somatic, depression, and anxiety in young adults.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of 357 young adults who have health education using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18). The distributions of biopsychosocial factors were determined by descriptive (n, %) and association (&#43859-2) for categorical variables- thus mean, SD, and independent t-tests for continuous variables. In the multivariate study, an adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were obtained to explore the mount following the multivariate logistic regression for somatic, depression, and anxiety of young adults by controlling for confounding factors such as gender, physical illness, BMI, alcohol drinking, and exercise habits.
Results: The finding showed considering various confounding variables, a physical illness associated with the somatic symptom (AOR 1.62 [95% CI 0.70 - 2.55]), thus exercise habit associated with depression symptom (AOR 1.23 [95% CI 0.70 - 2.55]), as well as alcohol consumption associated with the somatic symptom (AOR 1.62 [95% CI 0.70 - 2.55]), also associated with depression symptom (OR 4.80 [95% CI 1.58 - 8.02]), and associated with anxiety symptom (AOR 3.67 [95% CI 0.45 - 6.90]).
Conclusion: Alcohol consumption was more likely to increase the risk of somatic, depression, and anxiety symptoms in young adults. Those above-detected biopsychosocial factors can be explored for evidence-based interventions to prevent the development of somatic, depressive, and anxious symptoms in young adults in Indonesia.

Keywords: Alcohol- Somatic- Depression- Anxiety- BSI-18

Topic: Mental Health and Holistic care