Is the Prevalence of Driving After Drinking Higher in Entertainment Areas?

The goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of driving after drinking (DUI) and associated factors in low and high alcohol outlet density areas (LAOD and HAOD) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. A probability 3-stage sampling survey was conducted. 683 drivers who were leaving alcohol outlets (AOs) and had been drinking were interviewed and breathalyzed, and saliva was collected for drug screening. Prevalence was assessed using domain estimation and DUI predictors were assessed using logistic models. It was estimated that 151,573 drivers drank at the AO, and intention to DUI was more prevalent in LAOD. On the other hand, HAOD had higher proportions of interviewees with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of >0.06% as well as a more frequent use of cocaine. In the logistic models, drinking in a LAOD stratum was found to be associated with DUI and the two AO density areas presented different factors independently associated with DUI: THC use was significantly associated with the outcome in the HAOD stratum, whereas an AUDIT score of >20 was positively associated with DUI in LAOD. The authors concluded that a high prevalence of driving under the influence of alcohol was evident in both the high and the low outlet density areas, although with different characteristics. Thorough enforcement of the legislation by random breath testing and sobriety checkpoints should be combined with AO licensing in order to reduce high levels of DUI and traffic accidents.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags126
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • De Boni, Raquel
  • Pechansky, Flavio
  • Silva, Pedro Luis do Nascimento
  • de Vasconcellos, Mauricio Teixeira Leite
  • Bastos, Francisco Inacio
• Publication Date: 2013-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 356-362
• Serial:
  • Alcohol and Alcoholism
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISSN: 0735-0414
  • EISSN: 1464-3502
  • Serial URL: http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Drinking establishments; Drugged drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; High risk locations
• Geographic Terms: Porto Alegre (Brazil)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492096
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 12:30PM