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KMID : 0897520160210020026
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2016 Volume.21 No. 2 p.26 ~ p.35
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Prevalence of Alcohol use Disorder and Its Effect on Work-Loss Days among Single-Room-Occupancy Population in Urban Slum Area
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Sohn Jee-Hoon
Cho Sung-Joon
Ahn Seung-Hee
Seong Su-Jeong
Ryu Ji-Min
Park Jee-Eun
Cho Maeng-Je
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Abstract
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Objective : The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of alcohol use disorder and its effect on work-loss days among the people living in Single-Room-Occupancy (SRO) areas of central Seoul.
Methods : Door to door household survey was conducted with all single-room-occupants in the study area. Of 969 people living in the area, 581 subjects completed interview with Korean Version of Composite International Diagnostic Interview as well as WHO disability assessment schedule-II.
Results : Lifetime prevalence of alcohol dependence was 24.8% and alcohol abuse was 10.2%. One year prevalence of alcohol dependence was 18.4% and alcohol abuse was 5.3%. Main risk factors of alcohol dependence were male gender, younger age than 60 years, experience of homelessness, family history of alcoholism and depressive symptoms. People with alcohol dependence showed monthly work-loss of 31%. But only 6.7 percentage points of work-loss could be directly attributed to the alcohol dependence. Employments status, registered disability, chronic health problem and depressive symptom were stronger predictors of work-loss days (%) than alcohol dependency.
Conclusion : Alcohol use problem was highly prevalent in single-room occupant areas with significant loss of work-days. But depressive symptoms, unemployment and physical health account for more work-loss days than alcohol dependence, and it might be possible that alcohol use disorders being the result of those factors.
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KEYWORD
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Community mental health, Alcohol dependence, Single-room-occupancy, Work-loss-days
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