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Factors associated with alcohol and drug use among traffic crash victims in southern Brazil by Raquel De Boni; Mary Clarisse Bozzetti; Juliana Hilgert; Tanara Sousa; Lisia Von Diemen; Daniela Benzano; Guilherme Menegon; Barbara Holmer; Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira Duarte; Flavio Pechansky is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

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Objective: To investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with alcohol-or drug-related traffic crashes (TC) in a sample of TC victims who were admitted to the two emergency rooms of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. Methods: A cross-sectional study with consecutive samples was used. Victims of non-fatal TCs (as drivers, passengers or pedestrians) who had presented at emergency rooms during the 45 days of data collection were selected. Subjects participated in a structured interview, were breathalyzed and underwent salivary drug testing. A multinomial logistic regression model was used to verify factors associated with alcohol or drug use. Results: Of the 609 victims who participated in the interview, 72% were male, and the median age was 29 years (interquartile range 23.0-40.0 years). The drivers were mostly men (p < 0.001), with a higher binge drinking rate (p = 0.003) and marijuana use (p = 0.005) than seen in pedestrian and passengers. The prevalence of a positive blood alcohol concentration (BAC) ranged from 7.8% among the drivers to 9.2% among the pedestrians (p = 0.861), and the cannabis prevalence was 13.3% among the drivers. The variables associated with an alcohol-

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Author

Raquel De Boni; Mary Clarisse Bozzetti; Juliana Hilgert; Tanara Sousa; Lisia Von Diemen; Daniela Benzano; Guilherme Menegon; Barbara Holmer; Paulina do Carmo Arruda Vieira Duarte; Flavio Pechansky

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0001-4575)

Published

2011

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)