알코올 의존 환자 가족의 공동의존에 영향을 미치는 요인과 이에 따른 가족의 대처방식

The Factors Affecting Codependence and Relationship with how to Cope with Patient in the Family of Alcoholics

Objectives：The purpose of this study is to investigate the level and affecting factors of codependence & relationship with how to cope with patient in the family of alcoholics. Method：The subject were 60 family members of patients with alcohol dependence. All subjects were assessed by questionnaire about the demographic data, Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST), Korean Version of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT-K), the Korean Version of Checklist from Codependents Anonymous (CCA-K), Spouse Sobriety Influence Inventory (SSII). Alcohol related characteristics of patients were surveyed through chart review and interview with family members. Results：First, the level of codependence among family with alcohol dependence was 93.3%. Among the characteristics of family, only the number of male brothers had significant positive relation with codependence. The presence of job among family members related with codependence & had significant positive relationship with how to cope with patients. Second, among the characteristics of patients, many factors that reflects severity of alcohol dependence had significant positive relationship with codependence & how to cope with patients. Conclusion：Our result support that codependence was the stress response came from in the relation with alcohol dependent patients because alcohol related characteristics of patients highly related with codependence compared to the characteristics of family members such as family history of alcohol. In the aspect of treatment, codependence should be considered, we have to help the family members to increase capacity how to cope with patients.