RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Medication and fitness to drive
A1 Río, María del Carmen del
A1 Álvarez González, Francisco Javier
K1 Automóviles - Conducción en estado de embriaguez
K1 Medicamentos - Interacción
AB Purpose The aim of this study is to analyze the consumption patterns of medicaments among motor vehicle drivers whoattend ‘Medical Driving Test Centres’ and the relation between habitual consumption of medicaments and fitness to drive.Methods The study was carried out on 8043 drivers who attended 25 Medical Driving Test Centres.Results 24.7% of drivers chronically consume medicaments while 6.8% consume medicaments along with alcohol everyday. Of those who chronically consume medicaments with a warning about the medications on driving, 65.8% were considered‘fit’ to drive, 27.3% ‘fit with restrictions’, 5.1% ‘suspended’ and 0.4% ‘unfit’.Conclusions The results show how frequent the consumption of medicaments along with alcohol is and that the greatmajority of drivers who take medicaments are considered fit to drive.
PB Wiley
SN 1053-8569
YR 2003
FD 2003
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15642
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15642
LA eng
NO Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, (2003); 12(5):389-394
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 19-nov-2024