A Cross Sectional Study Of Alcohol Use To The Traumatic Patient From The General Surgical Emergency Room Of A General Hospital In Beijing

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of alcohol use to the traumatic patient from the general surgical emergency room of a general hospital during a period of time in a day.Method: The survey sample was all traumatic patients older than 14-year old who came to the general surgical emergency room of Third Hospital of Peking University during 19:00 to 22:00,limited to 10-week duration of investigation. They were administered AUDIT and a questionnaire. SPSS Ver.11.5 software package was used for the statistics.Results: (1) Within the 10-week investigation, there were 187 traumatic patients, and 126 of those accepted our investigation entering the group, the percent is 67.4%. 92.9% of the group entered the emergency room (ER) in 6 hours after injured; (2) In the group, there 21 persons (16.7%)whose AUDIT score were more than 7 and risks were more pronounced for male. 6.3% scored 16 or more. Teetotaller is 36.5% in the group and female is more; (3)In the 126 cases, 15(11.9%) used alcohol in 6 hours before trauma and 40% of those were binge drinking. Those AUDIT score 7 or more and 16 or more in alcohol-used group were obviously more than those in non-alcohol-used group; (4) In the group, 9 (7.1%) were HED drinkers and 44.4% of those were binge drinking before trauma. 66.7% of those binge drinking before trauma were HED drinkers; (5)Of the 126 person, 11.9% had common physical disease and 80% aged more than 42.Conclusion: As this study showed, Binge drinking and HED is higher risk of trauma. Male is higher risk of hazardous and harmful drinking. AUDIT is worth applied in the similar studies with screening hazardous and harmful drinking.