RT Journal Article
T1 Heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related injuries: An open cohort study among college students
A1 Caamaño Isorna, Francisco
A1 Moure Rodríguez, Lucía
A1 Doallo Pesado, Sonia
A1 Corral Varela, María Montserrat
A1 Rodríguez Holguín, Socorro
A1 Cadaveira Mahía, Fernando
K1 Youth
K1 Alcohol
K1 Cohort study
K1 Injury
K1 Heavy episodic drinking
K1 Jóvenes
K1 Estudio de cohorte
K1 Lesión
K1 Consumo intensivo de alcohol
AB Aim: The objective of this study is to assess the effects of Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED) on the incidence of alcohol-related injuries among university students in Spain, taking sex into consideration. Methods: We carried out an open cohort study among college students in Spain (992 women and 371 men). HED and alcohol-related injuries were measured by question 3rd and 9th of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test to every participant at the ages of 18, 20, 22, 24 and 27. For data analysis we used a Multilevel Logistic Regression for repeated measures adjusting for alcohol and cannabis use. Results: The incidence rate of alcohol-related injuries was 0.028 year−1 for females and 0.036 year−1 for males. The multivariate analysis showed that among females a high frequency of HED and use of cannabis are risk factors for alcohol-related injuries (Odds Ratio [OR] = 2.64 and OR = 3.68), while being more than 23 is a protective factor (OR = 0.34). For males, bivariate analysis also showed HED like risk factor (OR = 4.69 and OR = 2.51). Finally, the population attributable fraction for HED among females was 37.12%. Conclusions: HED leads to an increase of alcohol-related injuries in both sexes and being over 23 years old acts as a protective factor among women. Our results suggest that about one third of alcohol-related injuries among women could be avoided by removing HED
PB Elsevier
SN 0001-4575
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16835
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/16835
LA eng
NO Caamaño-Isorna F;  Moure-Rodríguez L; Doallo S; Corral M;, Rodriguez Holguín S; Cadaveira F (2017). Heavy episodic drinking and alcohol-related injuries: an open cohort study among college students. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 100, 23-29. Doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.12.012 0001-4575
NO This work was supported by the Spanish National Plan on Drugs (N.P.D)(grant number 2005/PN014), and MICINN (grant number PSI2011-22575)
DS Minerva
RD 25 abr 2026