Non-Fatal Injury in Thailand From 2005 to 2013: Incidence Trends and Links to Alcohol Consumption Patterns in the Thai Cohort Study

Mami Wakabayashi; Janneke Berecki-Gisolf; Cathy Banwell; Matthew Kelly; Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan; Rebecca McKetin; Sam-ang Seubsman; Hiroyasu Iso; Adrian Sleigh; Thai Cohort Study Team; Roderick McClure

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Non-Fatal Injury in Thailand From 2005 to 2013: Incidence Trends and Links to Alcohol Consumption Patterns in the Thai Cohort Study

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Non-Fatal Injury in Thailand From 2005 to 2013: Incidence Trends and Links to Alcohol Consumption Patterns in the Thai Cohort Study

Mami Wakabayashi, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Cathy Banwell, Matthew Kelly, Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Rebecca McKetin, Sam-ang Seubsman, Hiroyasu Iso, Adrian Sleigh, Thai Cohort Study Team, …

Journal of Epidemiology, Vol.26(9), pp.471-480

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150218

PMCID: PMC5008967

PMID: 26947955

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Thailand

injury

alcohol

health transition

socio-economic status

Background: We analyzed population-based injury trends and the association between injury and alcohol consumption patterns in Thailand, a middle-income country undergoing rapid social change. Methods: A nationwide cohort of 42 785 Thai adult Open University students, who were aged 15 to 87 years at enrolment, participated in cross-sectional assessments at baseline (2005) and 8 years later (2013). Incident non-fatal traffic and non-traffic injuries were recorded. Alcohol consumption patterns were categorized as follows: nondrinkers, occasional light drinkers, occasional heavy drinkers, regular drinkers, and ex-drinkers. Logistic regression was used to assess associations in 2005 and 2013 between injuries and alcohol consumption. We adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for socio-demographic factors, stress, health behaviors, and risk-taking behaviors. Results: Incidence estimates in 2013 were standardized to the age structure of 2005: the standardized rates were 10% (95% confidence interval [CI], 9.32-9.89) for participants with at least one non-traffic injury and 5% (95% CI, 4.86-5.29) for those with at least one traffic injury. Both standardized incidences for non-traffic and traffic injuries were significantly lower than corresponding rates in 2005 (20% and 6%, respectively). Alcohol consumption was significantly associated with non-traffic injury in 2005, but the association disappeared in 2013. For example, nontraffic injury was associated with regular drinking (adjusted OR 1.17; 95% CI, 1.01-1.40) in 2005, but not in 2013 (adjusted OR 0.89; 95% CI, 0.73-1.10). In both survey years, traffic injury was not associated with occasional heavy drinking when adjusted for health and risk-taking behavior. Conclusions: We examined non-fatal injury and the health-risk transition in Thailand in 2005 and 2013. Our data revealed decreases in alcohol consumption and non-fatal injury in the Thai Cohort between 2005 and 2013. Alcoholrelated injury in Thailand today could be amenable to preventive intervention.

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Title: Non-Fatal Injury in Thailand From 2005 to 2013: Incidence Trends and Links to Alcohol Consumption Patterns in the Thai Cohort Study
Authors: Mami Wakabayashi (Author) - The University of Osaka
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf (Author) - Monash University
Cathy Banwell (Author) - Australian National University
Matthew Kelly (Author) - Australian National University
Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan (Author) - Australian National University
Rebecca McKetin (Author) - Australian National University
Sam-ang Seubsman (Author) - Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University
Hiroyasu Iso (Author) - The University of Osaka
Adrian Sleigh (Author) - Australian National University
Thai Cohort Study Team (Author)
Roderick McClure (Group Member)
Publication details: Journal of Epidemiology, Vol.26(9), pp.471-480
Publisher: Japan Epidemiological Association
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20150218
ISSN: 1349-9092; 0917-5040
PMID: 26947955; PMC5008967
Copyright note: © 2016 Mami Wakabayashi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99651248002621
Output Type: Journal article

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