両親のアルコール使用,飲酒問題,子供の怪我などです.
P E Bijur1, M Kurzon, M D Overpeck
1Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
JAMA
|June 17, 1992
まとめ
飲酒に問題のある母親の子どもは,重傷を負うリスクが2倍に増加します. 親による二重の飲酒問題は,このリスクを大幅に高め,介入の必要性を強調します.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 小児科は小児科です.
- 依存症医学 薬物中毒医学
背景:
- 米国では何百万人もの子供たちが,親の飲酒問題にさらされています.
- 親のアルコール摂取が子供の健康に与える影響に関する証拠は限られている.
- 幼児の怪我は,公衆衛生上の重大な懸念を代表しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 親のアルコール摂取と子どもにおける重傷のリスクとの関連を調査する.
- 子供の怪我のリスクを増やす可能性のある親の飲酒の特定のパターンを特定する.
主な方法:
- 12,360人の子どもと親を対象に全国的に代表的なサンプルを調査した.
- データは1988年国立健康インタビュー調査 (アルコールと子供の健康サプリメント) の世帯インタビューを通じて収集されました.
- 重篤な怪我は,入院,手術,または学校/ベッドレストを大幅に逃したものを必要とするものと定義されました.
主要な成果:
- 飲酒問題として分類された母親の子どもは,飲酒しない母親の子どもと比較して,重傷のリスクが2.1倍増加しました.
- 母親のアルコール依存症と父親の中等または重度のアルコール依存症の組み合わせは,重傷の相対的リスクをさらに増加させました 2.7.
- 父親の飲酒パターンと子供の怪我の有意な関連は見つかりませんでしたし,母親のアルコール消費の他の測定も見つかりませんでした.
結論:
- 親のアルコール依存症,特に母親のアルコール依存症は,子供に重傷を負うリスクが高くなります.
- 飲酒に問題のある両親が二人いる子どもは,より高いリスクに直面します.
- メカニズムと介入に関するさらなる研究が不可欠であり,医師に親の飲酒のスクリーニングを行い,治療を容易にするよう呼びかけます.
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