[The alcohol dependence in the patients of the Department of Orthopedics and the Department of Endocrinology of the clinical hospital in Bialystok]. / Uzaleznienie od alkoholu etylowego wsród pacjentów Kliniki Ortopedii i Kliniki Endokrynologii Panstwowego Szpitala Klinicznego w Bialymstoku.

The authors analyse problem of alcohol dependence in the patients of the traumatic department (orthopedics) and the internal department (endocrinology). The evaluation of the dependence was made by the help of MAST. This test is easy to perform by the patients themselves. As authors predicted, the probability of alcohol dependence was higher among the patients of the orthopaedics department. Although the difference was not statistically significant, the authors confirm that the alcohol dependence may be related to physical traumas, especially in men.