@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of drinking within low-risk guidelines during the first two years following inpatient rehabilitation for moderate or severe traumatic brain injury",
journal="American journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation",
year="2021",
author="Adams, Rachel Sayko and Ketchum, Jessica McKinney and Nakase-Richardson, Risa and Katz, Douglas I. and Corrigan, John D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The objective of this retrospective, longitudinal study was to investigate the prevalence of drinking within the recommended limits (i.e., low-risk drinking) following moderate/severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data were drawn from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research TBI Model Systems National Database (TBIMS), a longitudinal dataset closely representative of the U.S. adult population requiring inpatient rehabilitation for TBI. The sample included 6,348 adults with moderate or severe TBI (injured October 2006 - May 2016) who received inpatient rehabilitation at a civilian TBIMS center and completed the alcohol consumption items for pre-injury, and 1- and 2-year post-injury. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) guidelines define low-risk drinking as no more than 4 drinks per day for men or 3 drinks per day for women, and no more than 14 drinks per week for men, or no more than 7 drinks per week for women. Low-risk drinking was common both before and after TBI, with more than 30% drinking in the low-risk level pre- injury, and more than 25% at 1- and 2-years post-injury. Post-injury, the majority of drinkers consumed alcohol in the low-risk level regardless of pre-injury drinking level. Definitive research on the long-term outcomes of low-risk alcohol consumption following more severe TBI should be a high priority.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-9115",
doi="10.1097/PHM.0000000000001753",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000001753"
}