Ambulance attendance for substance and/or alcohol use in a pandemic: Interrupted time series analysis of incidents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ambulance attendance for substance and/or alcohol use in a pandemic (ASAP) study explores incidents during the COVID-19 lockdown in the East Midlands region of the United Kingdom (23 March-4 July 2020).

Method

Retrospective cross-sectional count per day of ambulance attendances from the East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust. Ambulance attendances relating to alcohol or other drug use in the year prior, during lockdown and weeks following, were examined using interrupted time series analysis by patient demographics and geographical location.

Results

A total of 36 104 records were identified (53.7% male, 84.5% ethnicity classified as White, mean age 38.4 years). A significant drop in the number of attendances per day at the start of lockdown (-25.24, co

SUBMITTER: Mason R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9111577 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature