Alcohol-induced psychomotor performance impairment in young adult drinkers with alcohol usage disorders UChicago alcohol alcoholism health wellbeing
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJun 20 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research, researchers examined alcohol-induced psychomotor performance impairments among young adult alcohol consumers with alcohol usage disorders .
About the study In the present cross-sectional study, researchers characterized behavioral tolerance in psychomotor function across different phenotypes of alcohol drinkers. LDs and HDs were enrolled from 2004 to 2011, whereas alcohol consumers with AUD were enrolled from 2016 to 2019. The team included only healthy individuals 21.0 to 35.0 years of age who weighed between 110.0 and 210.0 pounds, and among women, only non-pregnant and non-lactating women. In addition, all included AUD individuals scored below 10.0 on the revised Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale at participant screening and before each experimental session.
Related StoriesCompared to heavy and light drinkers, AUD drinkers showed worse psychomotor performance at baseline on the Digit Symbol Substitution Task, which seemed to be associated with their lower level of education. AUD drinkers and HDs, compared to LDs, showed comparatively greater behavioral tolerance to intoxicating levels of alcohol on the Pegboard and DSST measures, and they had a perception of being less cognitively impaired.
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