Frequency of heavy episodic drinking among nonfatal injury patients attending an emergency room

Implementation of a computerized alcohol advice concept in routine emergency care

“…It also included a larger share of males than the general ED population. While this selection bias towards younger patients and a higher proportion of male patients may have reduced the representativeness of the participants who received alcohol advice, it was actually beneficial because previous studies at the ED in question (Nordqvist et al, 2006;Nilsen et al, 2007) have revealed that the younger, male population consumes more alcohol (measured as weekly volume) and more frequently engages in heavy episodic drinking than the general ED population. The reason for this bias may be a combination of the exclusion of more older and female patients due to health/feasibility reasons and a conscious ambition by triage nurses to focus more on recruitment of patients they believed were more at risk of drinking excessively when giving out the instruction card.…”

Acute and usual drinking among emergency trauma patients: a study on alcohol consumption and injury patterns

“…Studies show that this association is consistent over a variety of injury characteristics including injury mechanisms,2 activity at time of injury,3 place of occurrence,3 or type of injury 4. Recent studies show that not only acute consumption but also usual consumption can be linked to injury occurrence,5 6 and it might even be that usual drinking patterns affect the relationship between acute consumption and injury 7…”

Acute Alcohol Consumption and Motivation to Reduce Drinking Among Injured Patients in a Swedish Emergency Department

“…In Sweden, three studies have been conducted on patients with non-fatal injuries associated with alcohol, with a wide range of average consumption (Nilsen, et al, 2007a; Nordqvist, et al,2006; Romelsjö, et al, 1993). Similar results have been seen in other European countries (Allely, et al, 2006; Deutch et al, 2004; Kuendig, et al, 2009; Kuendig, et al, 2008; Vitale, et al, 2005; World Health Organization, 2007).…”