Researchers from University of Saskatchewan Detail New Studies and Findings in the Area of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

2020 MAY 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx Diabetes Daily -- Fresh data on Environmental Health - Occupational and Environmental Medicine are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Saskatoon, Canada, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The purpose of this study was to examine the association between diagnosed medical conditions and prospective crashes in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. Three databases (demographics, medical conditions, and crashes) from the Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) were linked and filtered to examine whether various medical diagnoses were associated with prospective crashes from 2007 to 2017.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Saskatchewan, “Univariate and cox proportional hazard analysis were calculated for medical conditions and their association with crash risk. Crashes occurred on average within 2 years following a medical diagnosis. Between 16% and 21% of these drivers crashed post diagnosis, however, only diabetes and multiple sclerosis were associated with increased crash risk post-diagnosis.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Licensing authorities and policy makers should consider further assessment if a CMV driver has been diagnosed with either diabetes or multiple sclerosis.”

For more information on this research see: Medical Conditions and Crash Risk in Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Drivers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2020;():1. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - http://journals.lww.com/joem/pages/default.aspx)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A.M. Crizzle, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Additional authors for this research include R. Toxopeus and K. Alphonsus.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000001914. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 530 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3621, USA.

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