Nationwide Alcohol-related visits In Singapore's Emergency departments (NAISE): A retrospective population-level study from 2007 to 2016.
Singapore
alcohol intoxication
emergency department
epidemiology
health services research
Journal
Drug and alcohol review
ISSN: 1465-3362
Titre abrégé: Drug Alcohol Rev
Pays: Australia
ID NLM: 9015440
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
07 2022
07 2022
Historique:
revised:
09
03
2022
received:
05
12
2021
accepted:
14
03
2022
pubmed:
20
4
2022
medline:
7
7
2022
entrez:
19
4
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and its societal impact is substantial. The Nationwide Alcohol-related visits In Singapore Emergency departments study aims to characterise trends in ED visits involving acute and chronic alcohol consumption between 2007 and 2016. Data from the Singapore Ministry of Health, comprising all ED visits in Singapore from 2007 to 2016, were used. The data were aggregated by year and analysed for changes in prevalence and rates of ED visits for acute and chronic alcohol consumption, broken down by age, gender and ethnicity. Over the study period, the number of ED visits involving alcohol consumption increased 98.3%, from 2236 in 2007 to 4433 in 2016. During the same period, the rate per 100 000 population increased 62.4% from 48.7 to 79.1, and total ED-related costs rose by 140%, from 528 680 to 1 269 638 SGD. The increase in alcohol-related visits rates and costs was higher than non-alcohol-related visits rates and costs, which increased by 12.1% and 115% respectively. While trends in acute and chronic alcohol-related ED visits stayed stable amongst women, they rose substantially in men. Older men aged 50-69 show the highest rates and rate of increase for both acute and chronic alcohol-related ED visits. Alcohol-related visits contributed disproportionately to the increasing number of ED visits in Singapore between 2007 and 2016. Older men form the demographic with the highest rates and increase in rates of alcohol-related ED visits and form a potential group for targeted intervention.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1236-1244Informations de copyright
© 2022 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs.
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