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John A Staples^1,2, Shannon Erdelyi³, Ketki Merchant¹

¹Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

|January 19, 2023

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Recent syncope does not significantly increase driver responsibility for traffic crashes. This study suggests caution when advising patients on driving safety after fainting episodes.

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Area of Science:

Emergency Medicine
Neurology
Traffic Safety

Background:

Physicians lack empirical data to guide driving safety advice for patients experiencing syncope (fainting).
Existing guidelines for fitness-to-drive after syncope are not robustly evidence-based.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between recent syncope and driver responsibility for traffic crashes.
To provide empirical data for informing clinical and policy decisions regarding driving after syncope.

Main Methods:

Retrospective cohort study of 9,507 individuals diagnosed with syncope in urban emergency departments.
Analysis of police-reported crashes between 2010-2016 involving cohort members as drivers.
Logistic regression used to assess the link between syncope within three months of a crash and driver responsibility.

Main Results:

A total of 475 crashes were analyzed; 210 drivers were responsible, 133 non-responsible.
Recent syncope (within 3 months) was not significantly associated with driver responsibility for crashes (aOR 1.31, 95% CI 0.40-4.74).
All drivers with cardiac syncope were deemed responsible for their crashes, limiting subgroup analysis.

Conclusions:

Recent syncope is not a significant predictor of driver responsibility in traffic crashes.
Findings suggest current fitness-to-drive recommendations after syncope may need re-evaluation.
Further research into specific syncope types, like cardiac syncope, is warranted.