title: [The role of alcohol and/or benzodiazepines in occupational accidents compared to accidents due to other causes].
abstract: All patients who were admitted within one year to the Department of Traumatology of the Innsbruck University Hospital as a result of an accident were included in this epidemiological study: a total of 1611 patients. 18.9% (n = 304) of these patients were injured as a result of a work-related accident and the remaining 81.2% (n = 1307) were involved in accidents due to other causes. Within the group of patients involved in work-related accidents, alcohol consumption was more frequent in males (13.3%) than in females (1.8%) (p = 0.016) and clearly lower than in patients injured by accidents due to other causes. In work--related accidents we found a correlation between the educational standard of patients and the frequency of alcohol consumption. The mean blood alcohol concentration was lower in patients involved in work-related accidents (0.76 +/- 0.58 g/l) compared to other injuries (1.63 g/l +/- 0.74 g/l). No correlations were found concerning benzodiazepine use and demographic variables and all measured benzodiazepine plasma levels were within the therapeutic range.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Biologische Psychiatrie, Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Innsbruck, Osterreich. ilsemarie.kurzthaler@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Ilsemarie
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kurzthaler
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wambacher
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Golser
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sperner
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sperner-Unterweger
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heidekker
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pavlic
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kemmler
authors.forename: W Wolfgang
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Fleischhacker
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001317:Austria; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D001569:Benzodiazepines