Violence and non-violence-related injuries and alcohol in women from developed and developing countries: A multi-site emergency room study
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2015-02-01
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Silva, Rosiane Lopes da 
Diehl, Alessandra
Figlie, Neliana B.
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This study sought to analyze the association between alcohol consumption and the occurrence of injuries in women attending the emergency room (ER) from developing and developed countries. the sample consisted of ER data from women in 15 countries that were collected as part of two multi-site studies using similar methodologies: the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project (ERCAAP), and World Health Organization Collaborative Study on Alcohol and Injuries (WHO Study). Women ranged in age from 18 to 98 years. Those from developed,countries had higher levels of education (43% completed high-school) than women from developing countries (37%). Over half of the women from developing countries reported they had not consumed alcohol in the last 12 months (abstentious), while 2% reported drinking every day. in addition, current drinking women from developing countries reported more binge drinking episodes (33% reported 5 toll drinks and 15% reported 12 or more drinks on an occasion) compared to those from developed countries (28% and 11%, respectively). Violence-related injury was more prevalent in developing countries (18%) compared to developed countries (9%). An association between injury and the frequency of alcohol consumption in the last 12 months was observed in both developing and developed countries. Although women from developing countries who suffered violence-related injuries were more likely to demonstrate alcohol abstinence or have lower rates of daily alcohol consumption, these women drank in a more dangerous way, and violence-related injuries were more likely to occur in these women than in those living in developed countries. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Addictive Behaviors. Oxford: Pergamon-Elsevier B.V., v. 41, p. 252-255, 2015.