ArticleAnnals of emergency medicine2023
Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol-Associated Falls Among Older Adults in the United States, 2011 to 2020.
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- Mortality due to falls by county, age group, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000-19: a systematic analysis of health disparities.The Lancet. Public health · 2024Article
- Alcohol use is associated with intracranial hemorrhage in older emergency department head trauma patients.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
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objectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the epidemiology of alcohol-associated fall injuries among older adults aged ≥65 years in the United States.
methodsWe included emergency department (ED) visits for unintentional fall injuries by adults from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program during 2011 to 2020. We estimated the annual national rate of ED visits for alcohol-associated falls and the proportion of these falls among older adults' fall-related ED visits using demographic and clinical characteristics. Joinpoint regression was performed to examine trends in alcohol-associated ED fall visits between 2011 and 2019 among older adult age subgroups and to compare these trends with those of younger adults.
resultsThere were 9,657 (weighted national estimate: 618,099) ED visits for alcohol-associated falls, representing 2.2% of ED fall visits during 2011 to 2020 among older adults. The proportion of fall-related ED visits that were alcohol-associated was higher among men than among women (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]=3.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.9 to 4.5). The head and face were the most commonly injured body parts, and internal injury was the most common diagnosis for alcohol-associated falls. From 2011 to 2019, the annual rate of ED visits for alcohol-associated falls increased (annual percent change 7.5, 95% CI 6.1 to 8.9) among older adults. Adults aged 55 to 64 years had a similar increase; a sustained increase was not detected in younger age groups.
conclusionOur findings highlight the rising rates of ED visits for alcohol-associated falls among older adults during the study period. Health care providers in the ED can screen older adults for fall risk and assess for modifiable risk factors such as alcohol use to help identify those who could benefit from interventions to reduce their risk.
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