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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on April 25, 2005
Alcohol and Alcoholism, doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh164
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved
Received December 14, 2004
Revised March 16, 2005
Accepted March 29, 2005

Article

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACUTE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND CONSEQUENT INJURY TYPE

KERRIANNE WATT 1*, DAVID M. PURDIE 2, ANN M. ROCHE 3, and RODERICK J. McCLURE 4

1 Australian Centre for Pre-Hospital Research, Queensland Ambulance Service, Brisbane, Australia
2 Northern California Cancer Center, Union City, CA, USA
3 National Centre of Education and Training in the Addictions, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
4 Epidemiology and Community Care, Injury Program, School of Medicine, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
KERRIANNE WATT, E-mail: kwatt{at}emergency.qld.gov.au


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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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