Incidence of Workers’ Compensation Claims in Opioid-Using Truck Drivers

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• Alternative Title:
  J Occup Environ Med
• Personal Author:
  Scholl, Lindsay S. ; Thiese, Matthew S. ; Handy, Rodney
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  This study examines the relationship between opioid use prevalence and subsequent filing of workers’ compensation claims.
  
  Methods:
  
  A retrospective cohort study design was utilized to examine data from drivers’ initial commercial driver medical exam, employment data, and workers’ compensation claims data.
  
  Results:
  
  Data from 57,733 over 7 years were analyzed. Drivers who reported opioid use at their initial medical exam visit filed subsequent workers’ compensation claims 1.81 times sooner (p = 0.0001; 95% CI 1.34, 2.44) than drivers who did not report opioid use at their CDME when controlling for age, gender, BMI, and diastolic blood pressure.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  These findings provide information that may aid in improving regulations to control for incidents, training programs to inform professional drivers of factors that increase accident risk and educating prescribers about increased risks of injury among opioid-using drivers.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid/adverse Effects Humans Incidence Motor Vehicles Opioid-Related Disorders/epidemiology Retrospective Studies Workers' Compensation
• Source:
  J Occup Environ Med. 64(4):314-319
• Pubmed ID:
  34723912
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9038602
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 OH009794/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T42 OH008414/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  64
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:083b9dbfcaf45ab13e58312ea37321a184cfbb2d5352ee26a29b18561235fcbf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116862/cdc_116862_DS1.pdf
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