Patterns of ‘at‐home’ alcohol‐related injury presentations to emergency departments

Naomi Bunker, Cindy Woods, Jane Conway, Ruth Barker and Kim Usher

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2017, vol. 26, issue 1-2, 157-169

Abstract: Aims and objectives This study aimed to establish the scale of alcohol‐related injuries originating in the home. Background Despite recent media and public attention on alcohol‐related injuries occurring at licensed venues, many occur in other locations including the home. Design A retrospective observational study. Methods Emergency department surveillance data sourced from the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit were interrogated for alcohol‐related emergency department presentations from 2003–2012 (n = 12,296). Descriptive analysis was undertaken to assess alcohol involvement in injury, and analysis of variance was used to determine the differences among group means and their associated presentations. The relationship between demographic variables and injury location was assessed using p value of

Date: 2017
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