Multiple Conditions Increase Preventable Crash Risks among Truck Drivers in a Cohort Study

Thiese, Matthew S.; Hanowski, Richard J.; Kales, Stefanos N.; Porter, Richard J.; Moffitt, Gary; Hu, Nan; Hegmann, Kurt T.

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Multiple Conditions Increase Preventable Crash Risks among Truck Drivers in a Cohort Study

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Feb 2017
By Thiese, Matthew S. ; Hanowski, Richard J. ; Kales, Stefanos N. ; ...

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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 ; Hu, Nan ; Hegmann, Kurt T.
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.
Subjects:

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
Place as Subject:

United States
Volume:

59
Issue:

2
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:2ceee025577367dfc78fbed73abd4fc3c1f0ad3b0cdbb89c79d58c2c1f48faaa
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/44085/cdc_44085_DS1.pdf
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