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KMID : 0870520100140010010
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2010 Volume.14 No. 1 p.10 ~ p.14
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Association Between Alcohol Use and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Korean Firefighters
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Lee Moon-In
Ryu Kwon-Ho
Kim Hack-Ryul
Park Sang-Hag
Kim Sang-Hoon
Lee Jin
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Abstract
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Objectives：This study aimed to assess the relationship between Korean firefighters’ posttraumatic symptoms and alcohol
use problems.
Methods：Study participants were 59 firefighters working in Kwangju in 2009. We collected information about the participants’ demographic and job-related characteristics, and we administered the Alcohol dependence scale (ADS), Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), and the Symptoms checklist 90-Revised version (SLC 90-R) to them. Statistical analyses utilized the Wilcoxon rank-sum test & and the Kruskal-Wallis test.
Results：We used the CAPS scores to divide the participants into a PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) symptom group (total score ≥20, n=7) and a “no symptoms” group (total score ≤19, n=52). We estimated the PTSD symptoms prevalence in firefighters as 11.86% by CAPS score. Participant ADS scores were independent of PTSD symptoms, but 16.94% of the firefighters showed moderate to severe alcohol-use problems.
Conclusion：PTSD symptoms had no correlations with alcohol problems. However, alcohol problems are more common than PTSD symptoms among firefighters, so clinicians should carefully evaluate such patients’ alcohol problems, not just their post-trauma symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Firefighter, PTSD, Alcohol problem, Depression, Anxiety
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