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Alternative Title:
J Occup Environ Med
Personal Author:
Thiese, Matthew S. ; Hanowski, Richard J. ; Kales, Stefanos N. ; Porter, Richard J. ; Moffitt, Gary ; ... More +
Thiese, Matthew S. ; Hanowski, Richard J. ; Kales, Stefanos N. ; Porter, Richard J. ; Moffitt, Gary ; Hu, Nan ; Hegmann, Kurt T. Less -
Description:
Objective

This study aims to quantify the crash risk for truck drivers with multiple comorbid medical conditions, after adjusting for confounders.

Methods

This retrospective cohort of 38,184 drivers evaluated concomitant medical conditions and subsequent crash data between 1/1/2005–10/31/2012. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated for any cause and preventable crashes of varying severity.

Results

Drivers with three or more medical conditions had significantly increased risk of preventable Department of Transportation (DOT) reportable crashes (HR=2.53, 95% CI=1.65–3.88) and preventable crashes with injuries (HR=2.23, 95% CI=1.09–5.31) after adjustment for covariates. Similarly, adjusted HRs were 2.55 (95% CI=1.37–4.73) for any cause DOT-reportable crashes and 3.21 (95% CI=1.18–8.75) for any cause crashes with injuries.

Conclusions

Having three concomitant medical conditions may be a statistically significant risk factor for preventable and any cause DOT-reportable crashes and crashes with injuries.


Subject:
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Accidents, Traffic
Adult
Chronic Disease
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Vehicles
Occupational Health
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Wounds And Injuries

Source:
J Occup Environ Med. 59(2):205-211.
Pubmed ID:
28079676
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5293661
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
K01 OH009794/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; T42 OH008414/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
K01 OH009794/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States ; T42 OH008414/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:2ceee025577367dfc78fbed73abd4fc3c1f0ad3b0cdbb89c79d58c2c1f48faaa
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