Summary
Introduction
Alcohol abuse has significant personal and social impacts. Recent public health campaigns
and media attention have drawn attention to the impact of excessive drinking and subsequent
injury in public places. This overlooks that a significant proportion of alcohol-related
injuries occur in or near the home.
Aim
The aim of this integrative review was to determine existing information about rates
of emergency department (ED) presentations for alcohol-related injuries that occurred
‘at home’. A secondary objective was to compare ED presentations for alcohol-related
injuries that occurred ‘at home’ with presentations for alcohol-related injuries that
occurred at licensed venues.
Method
A search was conducted in: PubMed, CINAHL, and google scholar databases using the
following search terms: “alcohol-related injury”; “alcohol-related injuries”; “emergency
department”; and, “home”.
Results
398 papers were located, 389 were excluded leaving nine papers that were included
in the review. The review found that a large number of alcohol-related ED injury presentations
originated at home (ranging from 10% to 49%) with licensed premises as the other most
likely location.
Conclusion
In a majority of the studies, the incidence of alcohol-related injuries sustained
at home was greater than at licensed venues. Alcohol-related injury presentations
to EDs are an important area of study. Nurses need to be aware of the importance of
collecting accurate demographic data associated with the location of alcohol-related
injury to provide evidence to inform health promotion and social policy.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 11, 2016
Accepted:
April 18,
2016
Received in revised form:
April 15,
2016
Received:
July 10,
2015
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