International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand.
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, 15 Karnjanavanich Road, Songkhla 90110, Thailand.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 5;19(23):16281. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192316281.
Thailand has one of the highest rates of traffic-related fatalities and alcohol-related road traffic injuries globally. Previous studies focused on alcohol consumption and road traffic injuries. However, no existing studies investigate the association between drink-driving behaviors and road traffic injuries due to the drinking of others. This study aims to explore any potential associations among alcohol drinking patterns, drink-driving behaviors, and the harm from alcohol-related road traffic injuries due to the drinking of others. The Thai Tobacco and Alcohol Use Household National Survey data in 2017 ( = 80,797) were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. This study found that current drinkers and binge drinkers were more likely to suffer from road traffic injuries due to others' drink-driving behavior, i.e., 1.50 times (95% CI: 1.49-1.51) and 2.31 times (95% CI: 2.30-2.33), respectively, compared with non-drinkers. In addition, we found that drink-driving behavior was associated with harm from road traffic injuries due to others' drink-driving behavior by 2.12 times (95% CI: 2.10-2.14) compared with the non-drinker group. This study calls for effective measures to reduce drink-driving behaviors to prevent road traffic injuries due to the drinking of others.
泰国是全球与交通相关的死亡率和与酒精相关的道路交通伤害率最高的国家之一。先前的研究集中在酒精消费和道路交通伤害上。然而，由于其他人饮酒导致的酒后驾车行为与道路交通伤害之间的关联尚无现有研究。本研究旨在探讨饮酒模式、酒后驾车行为与其他人饮酒导致的酒精相关道路交通伤害之间的潜在关联。本研究使用多变量逻辑回归分析了 2017 年泰国烟草和酒精使用家庭全国调查数据（=80797）。本研究发现，当前饮酒者和狂饮者更有可能因他人酒后驾车行为而遭受道路交通伤害，即与非饮酒者相比，分别为 1.50 倍（95%CI：1.49-1.51）和 2.31 倍（95%CI：2.30-2.33）。此外，我们发现，与非饮酒者相比，酒后驾车行为与他人酒后驾车导致的道路交通伤害的伤害程度相关，风险比为 2.12（95%CI：2.10-2.14）。本研究呼吁采取有效措施减少酒后驾车行为，以预防其他人饮酒导致的道路交通伤害。
