Alcohol Use in Community-dwelling Persons with Spinal Cord Injury.

, Jung, Sung Jin; , Leigh, Ja Ho; , Shin, Hyung Ik

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2010;34(4):424-431.

Jung, Sung Jin , Leigh, Ja Ho , Shin, Hyung Ik

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. hyungik1@snu.ac.kr

지역사회 거주 척수손상 장애인의 음주 실태

정성진, 이자호, 신형익

서울대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실

Abstract

Objective
To investigate the patterns of alcohol use among community-dwelling persons with spinal cord injury (SCI) and compare the results with those from general populations.
Method
The persons with SCI living in community were recruited. They answered the self-administered questionnaire which was made based on the questionnaire of the third Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for data comparisons. The questionnaire consisted of the questions about personal information, drinking duration, drinking frequency, drinking amount, and impaired control over drinking.
Results
Questionnaires of 340 persons with SCI from twenties to fifties were analysed. The annual and monthly drinking rates of SCI subjects were lower than those of general populations. In male, drinking frequency of SCI subjects was lower than that of general populations. In both male and female, risky drinking rates were lower than those of general populations. The degree of impaired control over drinking of SCI subjects was higher than that of general populations.
Conclusion
Fewer persons with SCI used alcohol than general populations. But, the degree of alcohol dependence of SCI persons was higher than that of general populations. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2010; 34: 424-431)

Key Words: Spinal cord injury, Alcohol use, Alcohol dependence