Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury--a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department.
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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury--a case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department.
Périodique
BMC Public Health
ISSN
1471-2458
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2009
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
9
Pages
40
Langue
anglais
Résumé
BACKGROUND: There is sufficient and consistent evidence that alcohol use is a causal risk factor for injury. For cannabis use, however, there is conflicting evidence; a detrimental dose-response effect of cannabis use on psychomotor and other relevant skills has been found in experimental laboratory studies, while a protective effect of cannabis use has also been found in epidemiological studies. METHODS: Implementation of a case-crossover design study, with a representative sample of injured patients (N = 486; 332 men; 154 women) from the Emergency Department (ED) of the Lausanne University Hospital, which received treatment for different categories of injuries of varying aetiology. RESULTS: Alcohol use in the six hours prior to injury was associated with a relative risk of 3.00 (C.I.: 1.78, 5.04) compared with no alcohol use, a dose-response relationship also was found. Cannabis use was inversely related to risk of injury (RR: 0.33; C.I.: 0.12, 0.92), also in a dose-response like manner. However, the sample size for people who had used cannabis was small. Simultaneous use of alcohol and cannabis did not show significantly elevated risk. CONCLUSION: The most surprising result of our study was the inverse relationship between cannabis use and injury. Possible explanations and underlying mechanisms, such as use in safer environments or more compensatory behavior among cannabis users, were discussed.
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Web of science
Open Access
Oui
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25/03/2009 18:08
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20/08/2019 17:21