Original scientific paper
CAUSES OF INCOMPETENCE OF DRIVERS IN PRIMORJE-GORSKI KOTAR COUNTY DURING THE 1996-2016 PERIOD
ZLATKO RAČKI
; Occupational Health Institute, Rijeka, Hrvatska
VALENTINO RAČKI
; Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Department of Neurology, Rijeka, Hrvatska
NADIJA GAČO
; Emergency Medicine Institute of Lika-Senj County, Rijeka, Croatia
SANJIN RAČKI
; Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation, Rijeka Croatia
DANIELA PETRIĆ
; Rijeka University Hospital Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Objective: The aim of the study was to identify diseases and related health conditions of the candidates for drivers, amateur drivers and professionals, and causes of their incompetence for drivers in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County during the 1996-2016 period, examined in a private health care facility. Patients and Methods: A total of 39,503 drivers were surveyed, while 188 incapable drivers were covered, of which 175 amateur drivers and 13 professional drivers were surveyed. Among amateur drivers, there were 153 men and 22 women. Among professional drivers, there were only men. Driver data were obtained by analyzing their medical records stored at a health facility. Diseases were described according to the International Classifi cation of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Diagnosed diseases were aligned according to the Regulations on Driver and Driver Health Checks. Results: Incompetent drivers (n=188) were presented according to age groups, gender, occupation, disease diagnoses and most common diseases. One driver was assessed on the basis of the work-ability assessment. The most common diseases causing amateur driver inability were psychiatric disorders (mental retardation, dementia, alcoholism, abuse of psychoactive substances, and others), which accounted for 68% of all incompetent drivers, followed by eye diseases (14.8%). Among professional drivers, the most common causes of inability were eye diseases and alcoholism. Conclusion: In our study, most inactive amateur drivers were in the group of retired people. According to age, the largest number of incompetent drivers were in the 18 to 57 age groups, i.e. active population. The most common causes of driver inability were psychiatric illnesses, including mental retardation, alcoholism, dementia and abuse of psychoactive substances, followed by eye diseases. Of neurological diseases, the causes were epilepsy and cerebrovascular disease sequels. Among professional drivers, the leading causes of disability were eye disease and alcoholism.
Keywords
drivers; driver disease; cause of inability; driver regulation
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230810
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Publication date:
5.12.2019.
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