@article{ref1,
title="Hazardous drinking problems in family members of problem-drinker patients in Chinese general hospitals",
journal="General hospital psychiatry",
year="2012",
author="Tsai, Yun-Fang and Chen, Ching-Yen and Lin, Yea-Pyng and Tsai, Mei-Chu and Weng, Chih-Erh",
volume="34",
number="6",
pages="633-638",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To explore (1) the prevalence and risk factors for hazardous alcohol-drinking problems and (2) previous assessments and interventions for alcohol-drinking problems among family members of Chinese problem-drinker patients. METHOD: Self-report data were collected from 517 family members of problem-drinker patients at five randomly selected general hospitals in Taiwan. RESULTS: Family members' prevalence of hazardous alcohol-drinking problems was 13.3%. Logistic regression analysis revealed that risk factors for hazardous drinking were male gender, low education level, heart disease, smoking, and chewing betel quid. Only 11.8% of participants had been assessed for drinking problems in the past year. Only 5.2% of participants with drinking problems had received a drinking intervention in the past year. CONCLUSION: Alcohol problems among family members of problem-drinker patients in Taiwanese general hospitals are insufficiently assessed and targeted with interventions. Targeting this high-risk group is important to prevent drinking problems in family members of problem-drinker patients.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0163-8343",
doi="10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.06.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.06.003"
}