Titre : | Drinking patterns and traffic casualties in Switzerland: matching survey data and police records to design preventive action (2005) |
Auteurs : | G. GMEL ; HEEB J.-L. ; REZNY L. ; J. REHM ; M. MOHLER-KUO |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Public Health (Vol.119, n°5, May 2005) |
Article en page(s) : | 426-436 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; TYPE D'USAGE ; ABUS ; PREVENTION ; ACCIDENT ; CONDUITE DE VEHICULE ; CONDUITE A RISQUE ; ENQUETE ; CONSOMMATIONThésaurus 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) |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 44 |
Affiliation : | Swiss Institute for Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1301251 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | A02214 |
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