Impairing Drugs and Alcohol as Risk Factors for Traumatic Injuries

Impairing drugs and alcohol are major risk factors for traumatic injuries. Still there is to date little knowledge to what extent these factors affect the epidemiology of trauma. Detailed mapping of risk factors improve targeting and efficiency of primary injury prevention. The aim of this project is therefore to facilitate injury prevention through improved data collection and analysis on impairing drugs and alcohol as a contributing and modifiable factor in injury morbidity and mortality.

Study question: What is the toxicological profile among patients with suspected severe traumatic injury? Study design: a prospective population-based and national observational study will analyse toxicology from blood samples of all trauma admission during a 12 month study period.

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Key information

Conditions

Trauma Injury Accidental Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

16 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

OsloUH

Oslo, 0372, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

admission to any Norwegian Trauma Hospital (n=37) AND trauma team activation, during study period

Exclusion criteria

age
foreign citizens

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Presence of alcohol in blood samples.

Time frame: Blood sample are collected at time of hospital admission for each participant. There is only one sample taken from each participant. Samples are consecutively analyzed during the study period. The database is analyzed after study period is completed.

Alcohol is reported in grams per liter. Analysis of alcohol is performed with an automated enzymatic method using alcohol dehydrogenase.
Presence of impairing illicit and medicinal drugs in blood samples.

Time frame: Blood sample are collected at time of hospital admission for each participant. There is only one sample taken from each participant. Samples are consecutively analyzed during the study period.

Impairing substances are reported as nanogram per milliliter. Analysis is performed using liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Oslo University Hospital

Other

Collaborators

Norwegian Directorate of Health
Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Trauma
Norwegian National Trauma Registry
Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
University of Oslo

Registry information

Official study title

Impairing Drugs and Alcohol as Risk Factors for Traumatic Injuries - a National Study on Injury Prevention

Acronym: IDART

Important dates

Study start: 2019
Primary completion: 2020
Study completion: 2020
First posted: Dec 12, 2018
Registry last updated: Jun 21, 2021

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