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ADHD og risiko for ulykker i veitrafikk Vaa, Truls ; Elvebakk, Beate ; Fjellestad, Kristen

By: Contributor(s): Series: TØI rapport ; 987/2008Publication details: Oslo Transportøkonomisk institutt, [TØI], 2009Description: 59 sISBN:
  • 978824800925
  • 978-82-480-0926-9
Subject(s): Online resources: Bibl.nr: VTI P4477:987Location: Abstract: The report sums up the literature on the association between drivers with ADHD and the relative risk of being involving in road accidents. A meta-analysis based on 13 studies provides relative risks of accidents for several subgroups. The overall relative risk all studies is estimated to 1.48 (1.26; 1.74). For studies control for exposure (milage) the relative risk is estimated to 1.30 (1.08; 1.57). Some of the studies comprise high amounts of ADHD-drivers with comorbidity (Oppositional Defiant Disorder og Conduct Disorder)and the relative risk in this subgroup was 1.79 (1.27; 2.51). Drivers with ADHD have a higher of being involved in a personal injury accidents than in a propoerty-damage-only accident. The relative risks for these two levels of injury were 1.90 (1.48; 2.43) og 1.19 (0.96; 1.48) respectively.
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The report sums up the literature on the association between drivers with ADHD and the relative risk of being involving in road accidents. A meta-analysis based on 13 studies provides relative risks of accidents for several subgroups. The overall relative risk all studies is estimated to 1.48 (1.26; 1.74). For studies control for exposure (milage) the relative risk is estimated to 1.30 (1.08; 1.57). Some of the studies comprise high amounts of ADHD-drivers with comorbidity (Oppositional Defiant Disorder og Conduct Disorder)and the relative risk in this subgroup was 1.79 (1.27; 2.51). Drivers with ADHD have a higher of being involved in a personal injury accidents than in a propoerty-damage-only accident. The relative risks for these two levels of injury were 1.90 (1.48; 2.43) og 1.19 (0.96; 1.48) respectively.