Schizophrenia, antipsychotic treatment adherence and driver responsibility for motor vehicle crash: a population-based retrospective study in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT: To examine the relationship between schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication adherence and driver responsibility for motor vehicle crash. Retrospective observational cohort study using 20 years of population-based administrative health and driving data. British Columbia, Canada. Licensed drivers who were involved in a police-attended motor vehicle crash in British Columbia over a 17-year study interval (2000-16). Incident schizophrenia was identified using hospitalisation and physician services data. Antipsychotic adherence was estimated using prescription fill data to calculate the 'medication possession ratio' (MPR) in the 30 days prior to crash. We deemed drivers 'responsible' or 'non-responsible' for their crash by applying a validated scoring tool to police-reported crash data. We used

SUBMITTER: Staples JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11293420 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature