Tuyển tập báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học trường đại học huế đề tài: Nguy cơ chấn thương giao thông đường bộ sau khi uống rượu tại Việt Nam. | JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Hue University N0 61 2010 RISK OF ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY AFTER ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN VIETNAM Nguyen Minh Tam12 4 Michael P Dunne2 4 Peter S Hill3 Ross McD Young4 Pham Van Linh5 Jonathon Passmore6 1 Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy Hue University Vietnam 2 School of Public Health Queensland University of Technology Australia 3 School of Population Health The University of Queensland Australia 4 Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation Queensland University of Technology Australia 5 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Vietnam 6 World Health Organization - Vietnam Country Office SUMMARY Traffic injury is among the leading causes of death in Vietnam. Alcohol use is likely to be an important contributing factor but there is little local information. The objectives of this study were 1 To measure intoxication among traffic related injured male victims using a breathalyzer and 2 To estimate the risk of traffic injury after acute alcohol consumption using the case-crossover analysis. Methods Male patients admitted to hospital following traffic injuries n 480 were interviewed and their blood alcohol concentration BAC were measured. Risk of traffic injuries after drinking was estimated using case-crossover analysis. Results of male traffic injury patients had a BAC over the legal limit 100ml and were above 100ml. The odd-ratios of traffic injuries for patients who drank alcohol within 6 hours prior to injury was 95 CI - . The odds-ratios were and for patients who drank 4-5 drinks and 6 drinks respectively p . Conclusion These data indicate that a high proportion of male accident victims have BAC far above the legal limit and confirm that risk of injury follows a dose-response function. Keywords alcohol traffic injury case-crossover drink-driving 1. Introduction Road traffic injuries are a major global public health problem but continue to receive inadequate attention. Alcohol influences .
