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Depression, antidepressants and driving safety

Overview of attention for article published in Injury Epidemiology, April 2017
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Title
Depression, antidepressants and driving safety
Published in
Injury Epidemiology, April 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40621-017-0107-x
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Linda L. Hill, Vanessa L. Lauzon, Elise L. Winbrock, Guohua Li, Stanford Chihuri, Kelly C. Lee

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to review to review the reported associations of depression and antidepressants with motor vehicle crashes. A literature search for material published in the English language between January, 1995, and October, 2015, in bibliographic databases was combined with a search for other relevant material referenced in the retrieved articles. Retrieved articles were systematically reviewed for inclusion criteria: 19 epidemiological studies (17 case-control and 2 cohort studies) fulfilled the inclusion criteria by estimating the crash risk associated with depression and/or psychotropic medications in naturalistic settings. The estimates of the odds ratio (OR) of crash involvement associated with depression ranged from 1.78 to 3.99. All classes of antidepressants were reported to have side effects with the potential to affect driving safety. The majority of studies of antidepressant effects on driving reported an elevated crash risk, and ORs ranged from 1.19 to 2.03 for all crashes, and 3.19 for fatal crashes. In meta-analysis, depression was associated with approximately 2-fold increased crash risk (summary OR = 1.90; 95% CI, 1.06 to 3.39), and antidepressants were associated with approximately 40% increased crash risk (summary OR = 1.40; 95%CI, 1.18 to 1.66). Based on the findings of the studies reviewed, depression, antidepressants or the combination of depression and antidepressants may pose a potential hazard to driving safety. More research is needed to understand the individual contributions of depression and the medications used to treat depression.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 65 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 12%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 6%
Other 3 5%
Other 11 17%
Unknown 27 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 12%
Engineering 8 12%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 3%
Psychology 2 3%
Other 9 14%
Unknown 33 51%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 11. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 February 2024.
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#3,361,546
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Outputs from Injury Epidemiology
#137
of 404 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#57,396
of 312,733 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Injury Epidemiology
#3
of 8 outputs
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