Emergency department presentations of alcohol and other substance misuse: first cross-sectional national study in Qatar.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study attempts the first in a series of investigations into the misuse of alcohol and substances in Qatar. This study explores the emergency presentations of alcohol and substance abuse to all the state funded emergency departments (EDs) in the country which serve around 90% of the population over a 22-month period. Due to legal penalties for alcohol and substance use, and lack of subsidised community-based facilities, ED presentations are a good starting point to explore this burden.

Design and participants

A retrospective population-based, cross-sectional study, analysing electronic patient records of all state funded EDs spanning a period of 22 months, from 1 January 2019 to 31 October 2020 was carried out. The study included all eligible individuals aged

SUBMITTER: Alabdulla M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8504350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature