Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Andy | |
dc.contributor.author | Meuleners, Lynn | |
dc.contributor.author | Legge, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cercarelli, Rina | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T11:31:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T11:31:02Z | |
dc.date.created | 2008-11-12T23:24:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lee, Andy and Meuleners, Lynn B. and Legge, Matthew and Cercarelli, Rina. 2005. Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 16: 37-40. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/12487 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Issue addressed:This retrospective study investigated the health conditions of a cohort of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia.Methods: Hospital separation records of heavy vehicle drivers admitted to hospital as a result of a road crash between 1 January 1988 and 31 December 2000 in Western Australia were analysed. Heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash were first identified using the Western Australian Road Injury Database before linking to their hospital records. All hospital admissions for each driver admitted to hospital for a crash at least once during the study period were subsequently retrieved from the Health Services Linked Database.Results: There were 146 heavy vehicle drivers in the cohort. A total of 964 distinct in-patient episodes (the collection of all hospital admissions for a single event) were recorded for these drivers, with a minimum of one and a maximum of 84 hospital in-patient episodes per driver. The mean number of in-patient episodes for each driver was seven (SD=8.44), including an in-patient episode for a heavy vehicle crash.Conclusion: The evidence presented for the cohort of heavy vehicle drivers hospitalised as a result of road crash confirms that these drivers are characterised with health conditions such as musculoskeletal problems and digestive disorders. | |
dc.publisher | Australian Health Promotion Association | |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.healthpromotion.org.au/journal/previous/2005_1/article7.php | |
dc.subject | heavy vehicle drivers | |
dc.subject | linked data | |
dc.subject | Crash | |
dc.subject | health conditions | |
dc.title | Health conditions of heavy vehicle drivers involved in a crash in Western Australia: a retrospective study using linked data | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 16 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 37 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 40 | |
dcterms.source.title | Health Promotion Journal of Australia | |
curtin.identifier | EPR-724 | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | School of Public Health | |
curtin.faculty | Division of Health Sciences |