Key result
Alcoholic women had worse physical health and greater impairment on visual-spatial tasks compared to nonalcoholic women, with no relationship between health and cognitive functioning.
Why the study?
Does alcoholism affect physical health and cognitive functioning in women?
Does alcoholism affect physical health and cognitive functioning in women?
Alcoholic women exhibit worse physical health and visual-spatial cognitive impairment compared to matched nonalcoholic women.
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Alcoholic women may need integrated physical-cognitive screening; case-control data leaves open causality and requires prospective confirmation.
Jones‐Saumty et al. (1981) studied this question. Alcoholic women had worse physical health and greater impairment on visual-spatial tasks compared to nonalcoholic women, with no relationship between health and cognitive functioning.
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