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Lindsay S Scholl1, Matthew S Thiese, Rodney Handy
1Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environment Health, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah (Scholl and Dr Thiese); Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (Handy), Salt Lake City, Utah (Dr Handy).
Objective:
This study examines the relationship between opioid use prevalence and subsequent filing of workers' compensation claims.
Methods:
A retrospective cohort study design was utilized to examine data from drivers' initial commercial driver medical exam, employment data, and workers' compensation claims data.
Results:
Data from 57,733 over 7 years were analyzed. Drivers who reported opioid use at their initial medical exam visit filed subsequent workers' compensation claims 1.81 times sooner (P = 0.0001; 95% CI 1.34, 2.44) than drivers who did not report opioid use at their CDME when controlling for age, gender, BMI, and diastolic blood pressure.
Conclusions:
These findings provide information that may aid in improving regulations to control for incidents, training programs to inform professional drivers of factors that increase accident risk and educating prescribers about increased risks of injury among opioid-using drivers.
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