Medications and driving : community knowledge, perceptions and experience


Autoria(s): Williamson, Amy; Smyth, Tanya L.; Sheehan, Mary C.; Siskind, Victor
Data(s)

2011

Resumo

There is increasing awareness of the potential for any medication that acts on the central nervous system to impair judgement and motor functioning, including driving performance. This paper reports community knowledge, perceptions and experience in relation to driving while taking medications. A community-based survey (n=316) revealed that of those who had taken any type of medication in the last 7 days (n=193), a quarter (24%) had driven while taking a medication that they thought could affect them. Of those who drove for work, a quarter (26%) of the respondents reported that they had changed or stopped their work-related driving because they were taking a medication that displayed a warning label about driving. Outside of work, a third (35%) of the total number of respondents reported that they had done so. Of those who had taken any type of medication in the last 7 days, 62 were taking on a daily basis one or more medications classified as being likely to have a warning label about driving, such as sedatives, tranquilizers, antidepressants, analgesics and anticonvulsives. This paper will examine community knowledge, perceptions and experience surrounding medications and driving with particular reference to those persons who were taking drugs with a warning label, and the barriers to following such warnings.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/35707/

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/35707/2/35707.pdf

Williamson, Amy, Smyth, Tanya L., Sheehan, Mary C., & Siskind, Victor (2011) Medications and driving : community knowledge, perceptions and experience. In Australasian Road Safety, Research, Policing and Education Conference, 6-9 November 2011, Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre, Perth, WA.

Direitos

Copyright 2011 [please consult the author]

Fonte

Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety - Qld (CARRS-Q); Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; School of Psychology & Counselling

Palavras-Chave #111700 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES #Prescription medications #Driving performance #Community perceptions
Tipo

Conference Paper