Type of alcohol drink and exposure to violence: an emergency department study.

Publisher: Springer Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 7600747 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1573-3610 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00945145 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Community Health Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Amsterdam : Springer
Original Publication: New York, Human Sciences Press.

Interpersonal Relations*; Alcohol Drinking/*epidemiology ; Alcoholic Beverages/*classification ; Alcoholic Beverages/*statistics & numerical data ; Emergency Service, Hospital/*statistics & numerical data ; Violence/*statistics & numerical data; Adult ; Aggression/psychology ; Alcohol Drinking/psychology ; Beer/statistics & numerical data ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Sex Distribution ; Spouse Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; United States/epidemiology ; Wine/statistics & numerical data ; Young Adult

We compared the prevalence of exposure to violence across different types of alcohol consumed and the association between the type of alcohol consumed and exposure to violence. A cross-sectional analysis of data collected from a sample of 295 Emergency Department (ED) patients identified as having an alcohol problem. Outcome measure include exposure to violence, and the main study predictor was "type of alcoholic drink" including: malt liquor beer (MLB), regular beer, wine cooler, wine, fortified wine or hard liquor. Using logistic regression analysis, ED patients who drank MLB in combination with other types of alcohol increased their odds of being both threatened and physically attacked by 8.5 compared to ED patients who drank other types of alcohol. Being female increased the odds of being both threatened and physically attacked by 2.5 and using illicit drugs increased the odds by 3.8. Analysis of covariance and estimated marginal means revealed that ED patients who only drank MLB had a higher exposure to violence compared to non-MLB drinkers, and that female illicit drug users who drank MLB in combination with other types of alcohol had the highest exposure to violence. MLB was identified as a predictor of the amount of exposure to violence and in particular, that the use of malt liquor beer in combination with other types of alcohol increased the risk of being both threatened and physically attacked. Implications for ED and community interventions are suggested.

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P031B070062 United States PHS HHS; U24AA11899-05 United States AA NIAAA NIH HHS; U54 RR026138-01 United States RR NCRR NIH HHS

Date Created: 20101221 Date Completed: 20111115 Latest Revision: 20211020

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10.1007/s10900-010-9347-1

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