title: Retained risk-taking behaviors among past alcohol dependent trauma patients.
abstract: Alcohol dependence has been associated with behavioral risk factors and risk-taking tendencies. We investigated whether past alcohol dependent trauma center patients (n=42) retain the characteristics of current alcohol dependent patients (n=67) or whether they resemble patients without history of alcohol dependence (n=262). We found that past alcohol dependence patients retain some of the risk-taking tendencies (impulsivity and sensation seeking) and risk-taking behaviors (drinking and driving, riding with a drunk driver, binge drinking, speeding for the thrill) common to current alcohol dependent patients and they remain at a higher injury risk than the non alcohol dependent population.
authors.affiliation: National Study Center for Trauma & EMS, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Gabriel E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ryb
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dischinger
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kufera
authors.forename: Shiu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Carl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Soderstrom
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000437:Alcoholism; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008875:Middle Aged; D014947:Wounds and Injuries