Characteristics of hospital-treated intentional drug overdose in Ireland and Northern Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorGriffin, Eve
dc.contributor.authorCorcoran, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCassidy, Linda
dc.contributor.authorO'Carroll, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorBonner, Brendan
dc.contributor.funderHealth Service Executive, Irelanden
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland, UKen
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-15T15:23:11Z
dc.date.available2016-06-15T15:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2014-07-29
dc.date.updated2014-10-24T08:12:43Z
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVES This study compared the profile of intentional drug overdoses (IDOs) presenting to emergency departments in Ireland and in the Western Trust Area of Northern Ireland between 2007 and 2012. Specifically the study aimed to compare characteristics of the patients involved, to explore the factors associated with repeated IDO and to report the prescription rates of common drug types in the population. METHODS We utilised data from two comparable registries which monitor the incidence of hospital-treated self-harm, recording data from deliberate self-harm presentations involving an IDO to all hospital emergency departments for the period 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012. RESULTS Between 2007 and 2012 the registries recorded 56,494 self-harm presentations involving an IDO. The study showed that hospital-treated IDO was almost twice as common in Northern Ireland than in Ireland (278 vs 156/100,000, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Despite the overall difference in the rates of IDO, the profile of such presentations was remarkably similar in both countries. Minor tranquillisers were the drugs most commonly involved in IDOs. National campaigns are required to address the availability and misuse of minor tranquillisers, both prescribed and non-prescribed.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHealth Service Executive, Ireland (HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention); Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland, UK (Public Health Agency)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleide005557
dc.identifier.citationGriffin, E., Corcoran, P., Cassidy, L., O'Carroll, A., Perry, I. J. and Bonner, B. (2014) 'Characteristics of hospital-treated intentional drug overdose in Ireland and Northern Ireland'. BMJ Open, 4: e005557. http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/7/e005557.abstracten
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005557
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.issn2044-6055
dc.identifier.journaltitleBMJ Openen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2746
dc.identifier.volume4en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBMJ Publishing Groupen
dc.rights© 2014 Griffin et al. BMJ Publishing. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectSelf harmen
dc.subjectParacetamolen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectNorthern Irelanden
dc.subjectIntentional drug overdose (IDO)en
dc.subjectPrescription drugsen
dc.subjectNon prescription drugsen
dc.subjectTranquillisersen
dc.subjectSuicideen
dc.titleCharacteristics of hospital-treated intentional drug overdose in Ireland and Northern Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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