Alcohol Abuse/Dependence Symptoms Among Hospital Employees Exposed to a SARS Outbreak

• Published in: Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 706 - 712
• Main Authors: Wu, Ping, Liu, Xinhua, Fang, Yunyun, Fan, Bin, Fuller, Cordelia J., Guan, Zhiqiang, Yao, Zhongling, Kong, Junhui, Lu, Jin, Litvak, Iva J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.11.2008; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcohol abuse; Alcoholism; Alcoholism - etiology; Alcoholism - psychology; Alcoholism and acute alcohol poisoning; Biological and medical sciences; China - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Outbreaks; Employees; Epidemiology; Exposure; Female; Hospitals; Hospitals, Urban; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure; Personnel, Hospital - psychology; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; SARS; SARS coronavirus; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - epidemiology; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - psychology; Toxicology; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Asia; China; Epidemic; Human; Lung disease; Ethanol; Respiratory disease; Health staff; Alcoholism; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Substance abuse; Epidemiology; Infection; Alcoholic beverage; Symptomatology; Outbreak; Viral disease

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine alcohol abuse/dependence symptoms among hospital employees exposed to a severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, and the relationship between types of exposure to the SARS outbreak and subsequent alcohol abuse/dependence symptoms. Methods: A surve...