Buss, Vera Helen;
Kale, Dimitra;
Garnett, Claire;
Kastaun, Sabrina;
Kotz, Daniel;
(2025)
Drink-driving and its associations with sociodemographic characteristics and alcohol consumption in Germany: a population survey.
Sucht
, 71
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pp. 4-16.
10.1024/0939-5911/a000908.
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Abstract
Aims: To assess the prevalence of drink-driving among adults in Germany and subgroups, and potential associa-tions with sociodemographic or drinking characteristics. Methodology: Cross-sectional population survey of 5,153 respond-ents aged 18+ years in Germany (June–November 2021). We assessed self-reported drink-driving, defined as, in the pastmonth, driving a motorised vehicle within 1 hour of consuming 2 or more alcoholic beverages. Regression models were usedto examine sociodemographic and drinking characteristics associations with self-reported drink-driving among adults inGermany who drank alcohol and reported driving a motorised vehicle in the past month. Results: The prevalence of self-re-ported drink-driving was 4.1 % (95 % CI 3.6–4.7) among adults in Germany, and 5.7 % (95 % CI 5.0–6.5) among adults whowere alcohol users and reported driving a motorised vehicle in the past month. Lower odds of drink-driving were found forwomen vs men (adjusted odds ratio (ORadj) = 0.63, 95 % CI 0.45–0.88), people with low vs middle income (ORadj = 0.82, 95 % CI0.72–0.94), people living in rural vs urban areas (ORadj = 0.38, 95 % CI 0.27–0.54), and people consuming low vs medium alco-hol levels (ORadj = 0.28, 95 % CI 0.18–0.44). There was no clear association with age or education level. Conclusions: Roughly4 in 100 adults drank and drove in the past month in Germany. This is a public health issue requiring further study and poten-tially more targeted interventions.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Drink-driving and its associations with sociodemographic characteristics and alcohol consumption in Germany: a population survey |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1024/0939-5911/a000908 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1024/0939-5911/a000908 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2024The Author(s) Distributed as a Hogrefe OpenMind article under the license CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) |
| Keywords: | alcohol consumption, drink driving, Germany, adults, population survey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199376 |
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