PMID: 15217198Jun 26, 2004Paper

Violence related injuries in the emergency room: alcohol, depression, and conduct problems

Substance Use & Misuse
Guilherme BorgesL Mondragón

Abstract

The aim of this study was to obtain epidemiological measures of the association between alcohol consumption and emergency room (ER) attendance due to violence, compared to the general population in the city of Pachuca, Mexico, during October-November, 1996 and June-July, 1997. The study was a population-based case-control design. Data consisted of an interviewer-administered questionnaire, collected on a 24-h basis, during the entire week. Cases were 127 patients (78% male) admitted to the ER because of an injury that was the result of violence (being in a fight or being attacked by someone). A sample of residents from Pachuca (n = 920) was the comparison group. Patients reporting drinking within 6h compared to nondrinkers were more likely to suffer a violence-related injury [34.0 (17.5-66.2)] and alcohol dependent patients were more likely to be involved in a violence-related injury [7.4 (3.5-15.6)] compared to noncurrent drinkers. When both alcohol prior and alcohol dependence were considered simultaneously in multiple models among current drinkers, patients with violence-related injuries were more likely to report alcohol prior but not to be positive for alcohol dependence. Depressive symptoms, but not conduct problem behavi...Continue Reading

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Sep 9, 2010·Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association·Cheryl J Cherpitel, Yu Ye
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