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Multiple medications and vehicle crashes : analysis of databases.
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- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Traffic safety facts ; no. 348
- Traffic Tech -- technology transfer series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Older automobile drivers--Drug use--United States--Statistics.
- Older automobile drivers.
- Drugged driving--United States--Statistics.
- Drugged driving.
- Drug interactions--United States--Statistics.
- Drug interactions.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, [2008]
- Summary:
- The number of older adults is expected to increase dramatically in the next 25 years and with it, an increase in both the number of older drivers and the amount of driving within this age group. With the aging of the American population, concern arises regarding potential increases in rates of crash involvement and injury. Age-related factors may impair driving ability, such as age-related decrements in cognitive and physical functioning, increased prevalence of medical conditions or age-related medical conditions, and increased use of multiple medications. Using population databases, this study analyzed the association of the impairing effects of multiple medication use, drug interactions, and drug disease interactions on motor vehicle crashes (MVC) in individuals age 50 years and greater. Methodology: The main objectives of this study were to determine the relative frequency of various combinations of medications used by those who have experienced a MVC and those who have not by analyzing proprietary and non-proprietary databases; and to conduct a case-control study of possible associations between the use of medications (and combinations thereof) and MVCs amongst older drivers.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed September 11, 2008).
- "May 2008."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 251983845
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