PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - H Kuendig
AU  - M Hasselberg
AU  - G Gmel
AU  - J-B Daeppen
AU  - L Laflamme
TI  - Acute and usual drinking among emergency trauma patients: a study on alcohol consumption and injury patterns
AID  - 10.1136/ip.2008.020198
DP  - 2009 Aug 01
TA  - Injury Prevention
PG  - 270--274
VI  - 15
IP  - 4
4099  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/4/270.short
4100  - http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/4/270.full
SO  - Inj Prev2009 Aug 01; 15
AB  - Objective: To investigate the relationship between usual and acute alcohol consumption among injured patients and, when combined, how they covary with other injury attributes.Methods: Data from a randomised sample of 486 injured patients interviewed in an emergency department (Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland) were analysed using the χ2 test for independence and cluster analysis.Results: Acute alcohol consumption (24.7%) was associated with usual drinking and particularly with high volumes of consumption. Six injury clusters were identified. Over-representations of acute consumption were found in a cluster typical of injuries sustained through interpersonal violence and in another formed by miscellaneous circumstances. A third cluster, typical of sports injuries, was linked to a group of frequent heavy episodic drinkers (without acute consumption).Conclusions: Among injured patients, acute alcohol consumption is common and associated with usual drinking. Acute and/or usual consumption form part of some, but not all, injury clusters.