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An assessment of the non-fatal crash risks associated with substance use during rush and non-rush hour periods in the United States.
Adeyemi, Oluwaseun J; Paul, Rajib; DiMaggio, Charles J; Delmelle, Eric M; Arif, Ahmed A.
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  • Adeyemi OJ; Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Electronic address: o
  • Paul R; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA; School of Data Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
  • DiMaggio CJ; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA; Department of Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA; Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman Schoo
  • Delmelle EM; Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA; Department of Geographical and Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu Campus, P.O. Box 111, FI-80101 Finland. Electronic address: ericdel@ue
  • Arif AA; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA.
Drug Alcohol Depend ; 234: 109386, 2022 05 01.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35306398
BACKGROUND: Understanding how substance use is associated with severe crash injuries may inform emergency care preparedness. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to assess the association of substance use and crash injury severity at all times of the day and during rush (6-9 AM; 3-7 PM) and non-rush-hours. Further, this study assesses the probabilities of occurrence of low acuity, emergent, and critical injuries associated with substance use. METHODS: Crash data were extracted from the 2019 National Emergency Medical Services Information System. The outcome variable was non-fatal crash injury, assessed on an ordinal scale: critical, emergent, low acuity. The predictor variable was the presence of substance use (alcohol or illicit drugs). Age, gender, injured part, revised trauma score, the location of the crash, the road user type, and the geographical region were included as potential confounders. Partially proportional ordinal logistic regression was used to assess the unadjusted and adjusted odds of critical and emergent injuries compared to low acuity injury. RESULTS: Substance use was associated with approximately two-fold adjusted odds of critical and emergent injuries compared to low acuity injury at all times of the day and during the rush and non-rush hours. Although the proportion of substance use was higher during the non-rush hour period, the interaction effect of rush hour and substance use resulted in higher odds of critical and emergent injuries compared to low acuity injury. CONCLUSION: Substance use is associated with increased odds of critical and emergent injury severity. Reducing substance use-related crash injuries may reduce adverse crash injuries.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Heridas y Lesiones / Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias / Servicios Médicos de Urgencia Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Drug Alcohol Depend Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Irlanda

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Heridas y Lesiones / Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias / Servicios Médicos de Urgencia Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Drug Alcohol Depend Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Irlanda