Authors : Narongsak Noosorn and Rung Wongwat
Abstract: This research study used a cross-sectional prospective methods. The sample groups consisted of patients who suffered from traffic injuries and who were seeking health care services in different hospitals. The data were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistics of Chi-square and Logistic Regression. The results of this study showed that 84.7% of patients suffered from traffic injuries as follow: motorbikes (84.8%); self-occurrence (56.5%) and negligence (59.7%). Traffic injury has been found to be significantly related to alcohol drinking (p = 0.001). People who were drinking alcohol were 3.4 times exposed to traffic injuries more than those who did not drink alcohol; impetuous 28.57 times> non-impetuous; drowsy 30.30 times> non-drowsy; negligent 200 times> non-negligent and those with poor vision 250 times> those with normal vision.
Narongsak Noosorn and Rung Wongwat, 2010. Traffic Injury Correrated to Alcohal Drinking in the Upper Northern Region of Thailand. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 4: 53-56.