Identifying and Validating Alcohol Diagnostics for Injury-Related Trauma in South Africa: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study
Petal Petersen Williams,
Megan Prinsloo,
Margaret M Peden
et al.
Abstract:Background
The burden of alcohol use among patients with trauma and the relative injury risks is not routinely measured in South Africa. Given the prominent burden of alcohol on hospital trauma departments, South Africa needs practical, cost-effective, and accurate alcohol diagnostic tools for testing, surveillance, and clinical management of patients with trauma.
Objective
This study aims to validate alcohol diagnostics for injury-related trauma and as… Show more
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