@article{ref1,
title="Female and male victims of violence in an urban emergency room-prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, alcohol intake, and injury patterns",
journal="Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift",
year="2013",
author="Burkert, Nathalie Tatjana and Rásky, Eva and Freidl, Wolfgang and Großschädl, Franziska and Muckenhuber, Johanna and Krassnig, Renate and Gatternig, Regina and Hofer, Herwig-Peter",
volume="125",
number="5-6",
pages="134-138",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Violence as well as alcohol-attributable injuries is a dominant public health issue worldwide. Victims, being injured, frequently visit emergency rooms (ER). METHODS: We interviewed all the patients seeking help in an urban emergency room reporting being victims of violent behavior over a period of 3 months (from November 2011 to January 2012). RESULTS: Our results showed that 1 out of 23 patients seeking help in our ER was due to forcible means. A total of 15 % of all victims reported domestic violence (75 % women) and others (90 % men) reported brawl as the reason for seeking help. Overall, 80 % of the victims were younger than 40 years. In case of domestic violence, two-third (only women) reported that they were hurt by their intimate partner. At total of 50 % were treated for head wounds and 35 % had injuries of their extremities. One-third of the patients were alcoholized. The victims of brawls mainly suffer from head injuries (69 %). Half of this patient group was under the influence of alcohol. CONCLUSIONS: To conclude, victims of violence seek for help in emergency rooms daily. Alcohol consumption is the main factor for violent behavior. Public health programs to prevent alcohol related violence and therefore, alcohol-attributable injuries have to be implemented. Addressing the need to enhance the awareness of the health professionals has to be an imperative.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0043-5325",
doi="10.1007/s00508-013-0329-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00508-013-0329-z"
}