Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data
Issue addressed:This retrospective study investigated the health conditions of a cohort of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia.Methods: Hospital separation records of heavy vehicle drivers admitted to hospital as a result of a road crash between 1 January 1988 and 31 Decem...
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| author | Lee, Andy Meuleners, Lynn Legge, M. Cercarelli, Rina |
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| description | Issue addressed:This retrospective study investigated the health conditions of a cohort of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia.Methods: Hospital separation records of heavy vehicle drivers admitted to hospital as a result of a road crash between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2000 in Western Australia were analysed. Heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash were first identified using the Western Australian Road Injury Database before linking to their hospital records. All hospital admissions for each driver admitted to hospital for a crash at least once during the study period were subsequently retrieved from the Health Services Linked Database.Results: There were 146 heavy vehicle drivers in the cohort. A total of 964 distinct in-patient episodes (the collection of all hospital admissions for a single event) were recorded for these drivers, with a minimum of one and a maximum of 84 hospital in-patient episodes per driver. The mean number of in-patient episodes for each driver was seven (SD=8.44), including an in-patient episode for a heavy vehicle crash.Conclusion: The evidence presented for the cohort of heavy vehicle drivers hospitalised as a result of road crash confirms that these drivers are characterised with health conditions such as musculoskeletal problems and digestive disorders. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-124872017-02-27T15:15:16Z Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data Lee, Andy Meuleners, Lynn Legge, M. Cercarelli, Rina heavy vehicle drivers linked data Crash health conditions Issue addressed:This retrospective study investigated the health conditions of a cohort of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia.Methods: Hospital separation records of heavy vehicle drivers admitted to hospital as a result of a road crash between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2000 in Western Australia were analysed. Heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash were first identified using the Western Australian Road Injury Database before linking to their hospital records. All hospital admissions for each driver admitted to hospital for a crash at least once during the study period were subsequently retrieved from the Health Services Linked Database.Results: There were 146 heavy vehicle drivers in the cohort. A total of 964 distinct in-patient episodes (the collection of all hospital admissions for a single event) were recorded for these drivers, with a minimum of one and a maximum of 84 hospital in-patient episodes per driver. The mean number of in-patient episodes for each driver was seven (SD=8.44), including an in-patient episode for a heavy vehicle crash.Conclusion: The evidence presented for the cohort of heavy vehicle drivers hospitalised as a result of road crash confirms that these drivers are characterised with health conditions such as musculoskeletal problems and digestive disorders. 2005 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12487 http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/previous/2005_1/article7.php Australian Health Promotion Association fulltext |
| spellingShingle | heavy vehicle drivers linked data Crash health conditions Lee, Andy Meuleners, Lynn Legge, M. Cercarelli, Rina Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title_full | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title_fullStr | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title_short | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| title_sort | health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in western australia: a retrospective study using linked data |
| topic | heavy vehicle drivers linked data Crash health conditions |
| url | http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/previous/2005_1/article7.php http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12487 |