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[Hospital emergencies due to alcohol consumption in times of COVID-19 on the Costa del Sol (Spain)].
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Revista espanola de salud publica [Rev Esp Salud Publica] 2024 Feb 07; Vol. 98. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 07. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Objective: Alcohol consumption is a Public Health problem that impacts the health, social and economic spheres. The objectives of this study were to describe the characteristics of alcohol-related emergencies (ARI) in an area of high recreational tourism, and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on this activity.<br />Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of the period of ARI emergency activity in the Costa del Sol Hospital Area during the years 2019-2021 was carried out. A stratified descriptive analysis was performed according to the COVID-19 pandemic period, including the calculation of the incidence of ARI emergencies attended daily. Descriptive analysis was performed evaluating differences between the three periods using the Chi-Square test for qualitative variables, and the Kruskal-Wallis test for quantitative variables.<br />Results: During the study period, 479,204 hospital emergencies were recorded, of which 0.51% were identified as ARI emergencies, with an average of 2.2 per day. This figure ranged from 2.7 emergencies per day during Normality, 1 during Confinement and 2.1 during new normality. The rate of ARI emergencies for the period evaluated was 16.5 per 10,000 inhabitants/year.<br />Conclusions: The patients treated for alcohol consumption in our series have a typical profile in terms of age (adult) and sex (male), although with a high relative weight of foreign patients. Restrictions due to confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic have a positive impact on the emergency care of ARI patients, although correlated with a generalised decrease in non-COVID-19 related care activity.
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- Language :
- Spanish; Castilian
- ISSN :
- 2173-9110
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista espanola de salud publica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38333918