Pregnancy and the risk of a traffic crash.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pregnancy causes diverse physiologic and lifestyle changes that may contribute to increased driving and driving error. We compared the risk of a serious motor vehicle crash during the second trimester to the baseline risk before pregnancy.

Methods

We conducted a population-based self-matched longitudinal cohort analysis of women who gave birth in Ontario between April 1, 2006, and March 31, 2011. We excluded women less than age 18 years, those living outside Ontario, those who lacked a valid health card identifier under universal insurance, and those under the care of a midwife. The primary outcome was a motor vehicle crash resulting in a visit to an emergency department.

Results

A total of 507,262 women gave birth during the study period. These women acc

SUBMITTER: Redelmeier DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4081196 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature