Reductions in World Health Organization risk drinking level are associated with improvements in sleep problems among individuals with alcohol use disorder
Garcia C, Richards D, Tuchman F, Hallgren K, Kranzler H, Aubin H, O’Malley S, Mann K, Aldridge A, Hoffman M, Anton R, Witkiewitz K. Reductions in World Health Organization risk drinking level are associated with improvements in sleep problems among individuals with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol And Alcoholism 2024, 59: agae022. PMID: 38606931, PMCID: PMC11010310, DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agae022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderSleep problemsAssociated with improvementsUse disorderMaintenance of alcohol use disorderDrinking levelsWorld Health Organization risk drinking levelsRisk drinking levelsTimeline Follow-BackSleep problem scoreFewer sleep problemsMonths of treatmentDrinking reductionFollow-backPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexActive medicationSleep Quality IndexProblem scoresExtended-releaseAlcohol usePlacebo groupSleep disturbanceHarm reduction approachesSleep qualityControlled trialsReductions in WHO risk drinking levels correlate with alcohol craving among individuals with alcohol use disorder
Tuchman F, Hallgren K, Richards D, Aldridge A, Anton R, Aubin H, Kranzler H, Mann K, O'Malley S, Witkiewitz K. Reductions in WHO risk drinking levels correlate with alcohol craving among individuals with alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2024, 48: 420-429. PMID: 38149364, PMCID: PMC10922776, DOI: 10.1111/acer.15257.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWorld Health Organization risk drinking levelsAlcohol use disorderAlcohol use disorder severityDrinking reductionDrinking levelsAlcohol cravingUse disorderAlcohol use disorder treatmentAssociated with lower cravingRisk drinking levelsSelf-report measuresEnd-of-treatmentCraving reductionLower cravingCravingModeration analysisWorld Health OrganizationBehavioral interventionsSecondary analysis of dataAssociated with reductionsClinical trial endpointsDisordersSecondary analysisAlcoholDrinking