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Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 256-261, 2004
Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 3 © Medical Council on Alcohol 2004; all rights reserved

DRINKING PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS IN EMERGENCY SERVICES IN POLAND

Cheryl J. Cherpitel1,*, Jacek Moskalewicz2 and Grazyna Swiatkiewicz2

1 Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA and 2 Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed at: Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, 2000 Hearst Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA. Tel.: 1 510 642 0164; Fax: 1 510 642 7175; E-mail: ccherpitel{at}arg.org

(Received 4 December 2003; first review notified 5 February 2004; in revised form 12 February 2004; accepted 13 February 2004)

Aims: To examine drinking patterns and problems in emergency services in Poland, where both alcohol consumption and the health care system have undergone enormous recent change. Methods: A probability sample of 734 emergency service patients was breathalyzed and interviewed in a large public hospital in Warsaw, Poland. Results: 2.5% of the sample was breathalyzer positive; all were male and injured. Injured males were significantly more likely to report heavy problem drinking than non-injured, but no differences were found for females. Among injured males who reported drinking prior to the event, close to 50% reported feeling drunk, and over 75% attributed a causal association of their drinking with injury. Conclusions: These data point to substantial alcohol-involvement on the part of injured males in this population, and suggest emergency services may be a productive venue for identifying those patients who would benefit from a brief intervention.


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