Medication Changes Among Older Drivers Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although older adults may use potentially driver-impairing (PDI) medications that can produce psychomotor impairment, little is known about changes to PDI medication use among older adults from the time before to the time after a motor vehicle crash (MVC).

Objective

To quantify use of and changes in PDI medications among older adults before and after an MVC.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used linked Medicare claims and police-reported MVC data on 154 096 person-crashes among 121 846 older drivers. Eligible persons were drivers aged 66 years or older, involved in a police-reported MVC in New Jersey from May 1, 2007, through December 31, 2017, and with continuous enrollment in Medicare fee-for-service Parts A and B for at least 12 months

SUBMITTER: Zullo AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581636 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature