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ADHD and Mental Health Symptoms in the Identification of Young Adults with Increased Risk of Alcohol Dependency in the General Population—The HUNT4 Population Study

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  • Anders Dahlen Forsmo Lauvsnes

    (Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    Outpatient Department, NKS Kvamsgrindkollektivet AS, 7036 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Mette Langaas

    (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    Norwegian Computing Center, SAMBA, 0373 Oslo, Norway)

  • Alexander Olsen

    (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Jasmin Vassileva

    (Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, USA
    Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23219, USA)

  • Olav Spigset

    (Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, St. Olav University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Rolf W. Gråwe

    (Department of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
    Division of Psychiatry, Department of Research and Development, St. Olavs University Hospital, 7006 Trondheim, Norway)

Abstract

Symptoms of ADHD are strongly associated with alcohol use disorders, and mental health symptoms attenuate this relationship. There is limited knowledge about how specific symptoms of inattentiveness and hyperactivity/impulsivity can explain this association. We aimed to identify self-reported executive cognitive functioning and mental health and variables that may help identify subjects with an elevated risk of alcohol dependence in the general population. Data included 3917 subjects between 19 and 30 years old in the 4th Trøndelag Health Study. The Adult ADHD Self report Scale—Screener, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, and demographic variables were used as input variables. The alcohol screening instrument CAGE was used as the response variable for binary alcohol dependence risk. We used logistic regression and automated model selection to arrive at our final model that identified sex, age, inattentiveness, hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms, and anxiety as predictors of having a CAGE score ≥2, achieving an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.692. A balanced accuracy approach indicated an optimal cut-off of 0.153 with sensitivity 0.55 and specificity 0.74. Despite attrition in the data, our findings may be important in the assessment of individual risk for alcohol dependency and when developing algorithms for risk triage in public health.

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  • Anders Dahlen Forsmo Lauvsnes & Mette Langaas & Alexander Olsen & Jasmin Vassileva & Olav Spigset & Rolf W. Gråwe, 2021. "ADHD and Mental Health Symptoms in the Identification of Young Adults with Increased Risk of Alcohol Dependency in the General Population—The HUNT4 Population Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-11, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:21:p:11601-:d:672225
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