Relationship between injury and alcohol use in 531 patients in the emergency room / 中南大学学报(医学版)

ABSTRACT

Objective:To determine the relationship between injury risk and alcohol drinking. Methods:Totally 531 patients (age≥18 years) who were treated for the ifrst time and came to the emergency room within 6 h atfer the injury were included. hTe American National Institute of Health questionnaire was used to investigate the trauma type, intentional injury, drinking before the injury, drinking volume, and drinking history in the past years and so on. hTe case-crossover method was used to analyze the data and relationship between alcohol drinking and injury.Results:Compared with the non-drinkers, subjects who drank alcohol 6 h before the injury had a higher risk of intentional injury (OR=2.79, 95%CI 1.61–4.84). Male, drunken, patients with positive alcohol test results were more likely to suffer from intentional injury. Compared with the non-drinkers, victims who drank alcohol 6 h before injury had a higher risk of injury in traffc accidents (OR=2.41, 95%CI 1.29–4.51). Compared with the non-drinkers, subjects who drank alcohol 6 h before injury had a higher risk of injury (OR=11.86, 95%CI 5.48–25.65). Subjects who drank more than 6 standard drinks of alcohol 6 h before injury had much higher risks than non-drinkers (OR=24.52, 95%CI 5.84–102.86). Conclusion:Alcohol drinking before injury is associated with increased the risk of trauma, intentional injury and injury related to traffc accidents.