Historique
Périodique
Mortality among subjects previously apprehended for driving under the influence of traffic-hazardous medicinal drugs
(Mortalité chez des sujets précédemment interpellés pour conduite de véhicules sous l'influence de psychotropes)
Auteur(s) :
HAUSKEN A. M. ;
SKURTVEIT, S. ;
CHRISTOPHERSEN, A. S.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
423-429
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
31
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
PSYCHOTROPES
;
MEDICAMENTS
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
ALCOOL
;
CONDUITE DE VEHICULE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
MORTALITE
;
ETUDE LONGITUDINALE
Thésaurus géographique
NORVEGE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005, 79, (3), 423-429
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Background: Most studies in the field of impaired driving have focused on the hazards represented by impaired drivers to the rest of society; there has been little follow-up of the drivers themselves. The aim of this study was to establish mortality rates among subjects previously apprehended for driving under the influence of traffic-hazardous medicinal drugs, alone or in combination with alcohol. Methods: A prospective cohort study of all drivers aged 20-49 years, apprehended in Norway in 1992-1996 and testing positive for traffic-hazardous medicinal drugs in blood, outcome variable: death. Study population: 805 drivers (598 males, 207 females). Mean follow-up period : 6,8 years. Information on deaths was collected from Statistics Norway. Results: During the follow-up period, 139 of the previously apprehended drivers died (110 males, 29 females). The calculated standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was 15.8 (95 % CI: 13,0 - 19,0) for male and 20,0 (95 % CI : 13,4 - 28,7) for female drivers. Conclusions: Apprehension on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, combined with detection of traffic-hazardous medicinal drugs in the blood, seems to indicate an elevated risk of premature death in the age group 20 - 49 years.Secondary prevention of continued drug use could save lives in this drug user group. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404 Nydalen, N-0403 Oslo
Norvège. Norway.
Norvège. Norway.