RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute and usual drinking among emergency trauma patients: a study on alcohol consumption and injury patterns
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 270
OP 274
DO 10.1136/ip.2008.020198
VO 15
IS 4
A1 H Kuendig
A1 M Hasselberg
A1 G Gmel
A1 J-B Daeppen
A1 L Laflamme
YR 2009
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/4/270.abstract
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.