MEDICAL EVALUATION OF ENROLLEES IN THE ROCHESTER E XPERIMENTAL DRIVERS REHABILITATION PROJECT
All enrollees in the Rochester Experimental Driver Rehabilitation Program were required to have multiphasic medical screening examinations and a brief examination by an experienced physician knowledgeable in traffic medicine. Review and analysis of 329 enrollees revealed that alcohol abuse was the most frequent medical problem (69% of the entire group) and that 53% of the group had other significant medical problems. Hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, psdychiatric problems, liver and chest disease and visula distrubances were the most common problems and are listed in their order of frequency. 27% of the entire group were considered to have medical driving disabilities because of these medical conditions excluding alcoholism. The New York State Department of Motor Vehicle Abstract of Record, Mutliphasic Screening Examination, the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, and the narrative reports written by the drivers were found to be more useful than the physician examination for identifying drivers with medical disabilities. An abbreviated multiphasic screen, a medical examination procedure to be performed by a specially trained paramedical personnel is proposed for indentifying drivers with medical disabilities for driving. /HSRI/
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Corporate Authors:
American Association for Automotive Medicine
801 Green Bay Road
Lake Bluff, IL United States 60044 -
Authors:
- STATES, J D
- Weinraub, R O
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Conference:
- 20th Annual Conference of the American Association for Automotive Medicine
- Date: 1976-11-1 to 1976-11-3
- Publication Date: 1976
Media Info
- Features: Tables;
- Pagination: p. 1-15
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Serial:
- Volume: 20
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alcohols; Diabetics; Diseases and medical conditions; Driver rehabilitation; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Medical examinations and tests
- Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00144188
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
- Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-024-1-115
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 13 1977 12:00AM