Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic
Background: Road traffic accidents are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Benin Republic, in other words, a serious public health problem here. Consumption of alcoholic drinks is known as an important risk factor for road accidents. The aim of this preliminary study was to det...
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| author | Bigot Cedric Egnonwa Chigblo Pascal Assouto Pamphile Gozo Adjoua Kattia Goukoudadja Oswald Hans-Moevi Akoue Aristote |
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| description | Background: Road traffic accidents are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality
in Benin Republic, in other words, a serious public health problem here. Consumption
of alcoholic drinks is known as an important risk factor for road accidents. The aim of this
preliminary study was to determine alcohol ingestion and its relationship with victims of road
traffic accidents in Cotonou City, Benin.
Methods: It is a descriptive and analytic study which carried out during January-June 2016.
In this study, ethanol concentration was measured in the victims of traffic accidents’ blood.
Information related to the injured people, their social characteristics, circumstances of accident
occurrence, and the outcomes were also collected.
Results: In this study, 80 victims of road accidents were included. Most of the victims were
men (64%), youth under 40 years (70%), and motorcyclists (83%). The overall prevalence of
ethanol ingestion was 55% (64% in motorcyclists and 25% in motorists). Approximately, 16%
of them were involved in fatal accidents. There was no association between ethanol ingestion
frequency and factors such as the age of the injured, condition of the injured at the time of the
accident, time of accident, and road condition on which the accident happened.
Conclusion: This study indicated that a lot of traffic accident victims had consumed alcoholic
drinks shortly before the accident in Benin. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32d5ca15b82745a481655e06d6ffa2902022-12-22T00:27:15ZengShaheed Beheshti University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine2251-87622251-87702020-10-0191253010.22037/ijmtfm.v9i1(Winter).23705Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin RepublicBigot Cedric Egnonwa0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6144-0446Chigblo Pascal1Assouto Pamphile2Gozo Adjoua Kattia3Goukoudadja Oswald4Hans-Moevi Akoue Aristote5Department of Medicine and Medical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.artment of Surgery and Surgical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.Department of Medicine and Medical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.Department of Surgery and Surgical Specialty, Faculty of Science and Health, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.Background: Road traffic accidents are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Benin Republic, in other words, a serious public health problem here. Consumption of alcoholic drinks is known as an important risk factor for road accidents. The aim of this preliminary study was to determine alcohol ingestion and its relationship with victims of road traffic accidents in Cotonou City, Benin. Methods: It is a descriptive and analytic study which carried out during January-June 2016. In this study, ethanol concentration was measured in the victims of traffic accidents’ blood. Information related to the injured people, their social characteristics, circumstances of accident occurrence, and the outcomes were also collected. Results: In this study, 80 victims of road accidents were included. Most of the victims were men (64%), youth under 40 years (70%), and motorcyclists (83%). The overall prevalence of ethanol ingestion was 55% (64% in motorcyclists and 25% in motorists). Approximately, 16% of them were involved in fatal accidents. There was no association between ethanol ingestion frequency and factors such as the age of the injured, condition of the injured at the time of the accident, time of accident, and road condition on which the accident happened. Conclusion: This study indicated that a lot of traffic accident victims had consumed alcoholic drinks shortly before the accident in Benin.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijmtfm/article/view/23705/pdfroad traffic accidentalcoholdrunk driving |
| spellingShingle | Bigot Cedric Egnonwa Chigblo Pascal Assouto Pamphile Gozo Adjoua Kattia Goukoudadja Oswald Hans-Moevi Akoue Aristote Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine road traffic accident alcohol drunk driving |
| title | Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic |
| title_full | Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic |
| title_fullStr | Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic |
| title_short | Ethanol Intoxication and Road Accident Trauma Statistics in a Tertiary Hospital Complex of Cotonou City in Benin Republic |
| title_sort | ethanol intoxication and road accident trauma statistics in a tertiary hospital complex of cotonou city in benin republic |
| topic | road traffic accident alcohol drunk driving |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijmtfm/article/view/23705/pdf |
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