ArticleThe American journal on addictions
Alcohol and drug use as predictors of intentional injuries in two emergency departments in British Columbia.
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- The Role of Alcohol and Drug Intoxication in Fire-Related Incidents in Africa: A Systematic Review.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2022Review
- Road traffic injury risk from alcohol and cannabis use among emergency department patients in Argentina.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2022Article
- Psychiatric and Physical Health Outcomes Associated with Interpersonal Violence: A Propensity Score Matching Approach.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2021Observational
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- Road traffic injuries and substance use among emergency department patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru.Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2021Article
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- Are injury admissions on weekends and weeknights different from weekday admissions?European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2020Article
- Risk factors for violence-related injuries in emergency departments: a Danish linkage study.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2019Article
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- Risk of injury from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use among emergency department patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- Comparative study of the impact of intoxication on injuries in china and Korea.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2015Article
- The association of injury with substance use disorder among women of reproductive age: an opportunity to address a major contributor to recurrent preventable emergency department visits?Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2014Article
- Violence-related injury and gender: the role of alcohol and alcohol combined with illicit drugs.Drug and alcohol review · 2014Article
- Pre-Assault Diagnoses Associated with Post-Assault Emergency Department Visits After Recent Sexual Assault.Journal of child sexual abuseArticle
- Alcohol use and injury severity among emergency department patients in six countries.Journal of addictions nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWhile a substantial literature exists demonstrating a strong association of alcohol and intentional injury, less is known about the association of intentional injury with recreational drug use, either alone, or in combination with alcohol.
objectivesThe risk of intentional injury due to alcohol and other drug use prior to injury is analyzed in a sample of emergency department (ED) patients.
methodsLogistic regression was used to examine the predictive value of alcohol and drug use on intentional versus non-intentional injury in a probability sample of ED patients in Vancouver, BC (n = 436).
resultsThose reporting only alcohol use were close to four times more likely (OR = 3.73) to report an intentional injury, and those reporting alcohol combined with other drug(s) almost 18 times more likely (OR = 17.75) than those reporting no substance use. Those reporting both alcohol and drug use reported drinking significantly more alcohol (15.7 drinks) than those reporting alcohol use alone (5 drinks).
conclusionsThese data suggest that alcohol in combination with other drugs may be more strongly associated with intentional injury than alcohol alone. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: The strong association of alcohol combined with other drug use on injury may be due to the increased amount of alcohol consumed by those using both substances, and is an area requiring more research with larger samples of intentional injury patients.
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