Driving-while-intoxicated history as a risk marker for general aviation pilots
| Autor: | Melissa L. McCarthy, Jurek G. Grabowski, Susan Pardee Baker, Yandong Qiang, Guohua Li |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Automobile Driving Engineering medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Poison control Human Factors and Ergonomics Crash Computer security computer.software_genre Risk Assessment Occupational safety and health Aviation safety Injury prevention medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Aged business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics Middle Aged Professional Impairment Relative risk Emergency medicine Cohort Aerospace Medicine Female business Alcoholic Intoxication computer |
| Zdroj: | Accident Analysis & Prevention. 37:179-184 |
| ISSN: | 0001-4575 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.aap.2004.04.005 |
| Popis: | The Federal Aviation Administration conducts background checking for driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) convictions on all pilots. This study examined the association between DWI history and crash risk in a cohort of 335,672 general aviation pilots. These pilots were followed up from 1994 to 2000 through the aviation crash surveillance system of the National Transportation Safety Board. At baseline, 3.4% of the pilots had a DWI history. DWI history was associated with a 43% increased risk of crash involvement (adjusted relative risk: 1.43; 95% confidence interval: 1.15-1.77). The population-attributable risk fraction for DWI history was estimated as 1.4%. In addition to DWI history, male gender, older age, and inexperience were associated with significantly increased risk of crash involvement. The results of this study support DWI history as a valid risk marker for general aviation pilots. The safety benefit of background checking for DWI history needs to be further evaluated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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