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dc.contributor.authorWatt, Kerrianne
dc.contributor.authorPurdie, David
dc.contributor.authorRoche, Ann
dc.contributor.authorMcClure, Roderick
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:01:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:01:43Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.issn07350414
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/alcalc/agh164
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/4842
dc.description.abstractAims: 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeOxford England
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom263
dc.relation.ispartofpageto268
dc.relation.ispartofeditionApril
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAlcohol & Alcoholism
dc.relation.ispartofvolume40
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNeurosciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3209
dc.titleThe Relationship Between Acute Alcohol Consumption and Consequent Injury Type
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2015-02-03T03:03:24Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMcClure, Roderick J.


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