Effect of Post-traumatic Stress and Ways of Stress Coping on Problem Drinking in Firefighters / 한국직업건강간호학회지
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
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: 218-226, 2017.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-97318
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The study aimed to determine the impact of post-traumatic stress and ways of stress coping on problem drinking in firefighters.METHODS:
Data were collected from May 11 to June 11, 2015, in fire brigades across South Korea. Participants were 183 male firefighters who used self-report questionnaires containing questions from the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Ways of Coping Checklist (WCC), and Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Data were analyzed using χ2 test, t-test, and logistic regression with the SPSS/WIN 21.0 program.RESULTS:
The prevalence of PTSD among firefighters was 36.7% and that of problem drinking was 39.3%. Firefighters with single (OR=0.23, 95% CI=0.038~1.321) and married status (OR=0.46, 95% CI=0.069~3.040) were less likely to have problem drinking than those who were divorced or bereavement. Those with invasion symptoms (OR=1.17, 95% CI=1.031~1.327) and hyperarousal symptoms (OR=0.85, 95% CI=0.722~0.989) were more likely to have problem drinking than those with avoidance symptoms.CONCLUSION:
Post-traumatic stress symptom was a major risk factor that increased problem drinking, and married status reduced problem drinking. There is a need to develop post-traumatic stress symptom management program and early education content for symptom management.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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Bereavement
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Divorce
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Logistic Models
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Prevalence
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Risk Factors
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Firefighters
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Drinking
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Education
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Checklist
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prevalence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Occupational Health Nursing
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
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