Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access originally published online on April 25, 2005
Alcohol and Alcoholism 2005 40(4):263-268; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh164
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND CONSEQUENT INJURY TYPE
Australian Centre for Pre-Hospital Research, Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Australia, 1 Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA, USA, 2 National Centre of Education and Training in the Addictions, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia and 3 Epidemiology and Community Care, Injury Program, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
* Author to whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed at: Australian Centre for Pre-Hospital Research, Queensland Ambulance Service, GPO Box 1425, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. Tel.: +61 0 7 3109 7943; Fax: +61 7 31097940; E-mail: kwatt{at}emergency.qld.gov.au
(Received 14 December 2004; first review notified 2 March 2005; in final revised form 16 March 2005; accepted 29 March 2005)
Aims: The aim of this study was to quantify the relationship between acute alcohol consumption and injury type (nature of injury, body region injured), while adjusting for the effect of known confounders (i.e. demographic and situational variables, usual drinking patterns, substance use and risk-taking behaviour). Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between October, 2000 and October, 2001 of patients aged 
15 years presenting to a Queensland Emergency Department for treatment of an injury sustained in the preceding 24 h. There were three measures of acute alcohol consumption: drinking setting, quantity, and beverage type consumed in the 6 h prior to injury. Two variables were used to quantify injury type: nature of injury (fracture/dislocation, superficial, internal, and CNS injury) and body part injured (head/neck, facial, chest, abdominal, external, and extremities). Both were derived from patient medical records. Results: Five hundred and ninety three patients were interviewed. Logistic regression analyses indicated that, after controlling for relevant confounding variables, there was no significant association between any of the three measures of acute alcohol consumption and injury type. Conclusions: The effects of acute alcohol consumption are not specific to injury type. Interventions aimed at reducing the incidence of alcohol-related injury should not be targeted at specific injury types.
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