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Article de Périodique
Drinking patterns and traffic casualties in Switzerland: matching survey data and police records to design preventive action (2005)
Auteur(s) :
GMEL, G. ;
HEEB J.-L. ;
REZNY L. ;
REHM, J. ;
MOHLER-KUO, M.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
426-436
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
44
Domaine :
Alcool / Alcohol
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ALCOOL
;
TYPE D'USAGE
;
ABUS
;
PREVENTION
;
ACCIDENT
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
CONDUITE A RISQUE
;
ENQUETE
;
CONSOMMATION
Thésaurus géographique
SUISSE
Résumé :
Objective: To examine the association between drinking patterns and alcohol-related traffic casualties. Study design: Data linkage of cross-sectional survey data on alcohol consumption with official traffic casualty records. Methods: Alcohol consumption measures for usual heavy drinking and risky single occasion drinking were derived for different time segments of the day from a 7-day drinking diary study of 747 current drinkers. Measures were correlated with official records of alcohol-related traffic casualties. Results: There was a high correlation between alcohol-related traffic casualties and the number of risky single occasion drinkers that consumed alcohol outside their homes (r=0.92). On average, about 50% of these drinking occasions were attributed to usual moderate drinkers. The proportion of usual heavy drinkers was lowest in the time segments with the most alcohol-related casualties. Conclusion: Preventive countermeasures should be targeted at the general population, enforced particularly during specific periods of the week. (Author' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Swiss Institute for Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland
Cote :
A02214