自転車での怪我の危険因子としてアルコールの使用
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument St, Suite 6-100, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. ghli@jhmi.edu
JAMA
|March 17, 2001
まとめ
自転車での怪我は一般的であり,アルコールは重篤な事故や致死事故のリスクを大幅に高めます. 血中アルコール濃度 (BAC) が低い場合でも,怪我の確率は大幅に上昇します.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 怪我の予防 怪我の予防について
背景:
- サイクリングは,レクリエーションの負傷の主な原因です.
- 血中アルコール濃度 (BAC) の上昇は,15歳以上で致命傷を負ったサイクリストの約3分の1に存在します.
研究 の 目的:
- 血液中アルコール濃度 (BAC) と,致命的または重度の自転車の負傷のリスクとの関連性を評価する.
主な方法:
- マッチングしたケース・コントロール研究デザインが採用されました.
- データには,致命的または重傷を負ったサイクリスト (症例) と,道路沿いの調査からの対照群が含まれています.
- 推定BACは,呼吸検査を用いて測定され,怪我のリスクに対する確率比が計算されました.
主要な成果:
- 陽性BAC (≥0.02g/dL) は,負傷したサイクリストの12.9%で,対照群の2.9%で検出されました.
- 怪我に対する調整された確率比は,BAC ≥0.02g/dLで5.6,BAC ≥0.08g/dLで20.2であった.
- ヘルメットの使用率は,BAC陽性 (5%) の自転車利用者では,ヘルメットを使用していない (35%) の自転車利用者と比較して,著しく低かった.
結論:
- 自転車に乗るときのアルコールの消費は,致命的または重傷のリスクが著しく上昇するとの関連があります.
- これらの発見は,障害のある自転車の危険性を強調しています.
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