@article{ref1,
title="Insight into alcohol-related problems and its associations with severity of alcohol consumption, mental health status, race, and level of acculturation in southern Taiwanese indigenous people with alcoholism",
journal="American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders",
year="2008",
author="Yen, Cheng-Fang and Hsiao, Ray C. and Ries, R. and Liu, Shu-Chun and Huang, Chi-Fen and Chang, Yu-Ping and Yu, Ming-Lung",
volume="34",
number="5",
pages="553-561",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: While not well known in the West, Taiwan has a substantial indigenous population, and this population has rapidly developed alcohol problems. This study examined the level of insight into alcohol-related problems and its associations with the severity of alcohol consumption, mental health status, race, and the level of acculturation among indigenous populations with alcohol problems in southern Taiwan. METHODS: A total of 332 indigenes, whose total Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score was equal to 8 or higher, were interviewed. The associations between the level of insight into alcohol-related problems and the severity of alcohol drinking on the AUDIT, mental health status on the Chinese Health Questionnaire-12 (>or= 4 vs. < 4), race (Bunun vs. non-Bunun), and the level of acculturation on the Taiwan Aboriginal Acculturation Scale were examined using logistic regression models. RESULTS: The results of this study found that 72.6% of the participants had poor insight into alcohol-related problems and no participant had good insight. Participants who had more severe alcohol drinking or poor mental health were more likely to have a higher level of insight into alcohol-related problems. Participants who were non-Bunun were also more likely to have a higher level of insight into alcohol-related problems, but the level of acculturation was not associated with the level of insight into alcohol-related problems. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that most alcoholic indigenes in southern Taiwan have poor insight into their own alcohol-related problems. Cultural specific interventions targeting and improving the indigenes' insight into alcohol-related problems are needed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-2990",
doi="10.1080/00952990802295220",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990802295220"
}