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Journal Article
Who crashes their car following wrist fracture?
2024
Overview
Wrist fractures are common injuries associated with high disability in the early recovery period. The impact of wrist fractures on safe return to drive is not understood.
(1) To compare the proportion of adults who were drivers in car crashes before and after wrist fracture; (2) To examine potential factors (demographic and/or clinical) associated with increased odds of being a driver in a car crash following wrist fracture.
Retrospective cohort study.
Three state-wide government datasets (MainRoads Western Australia [WA], Hospital Morbidity Data Collection and the Emergency Department Data Collection) were used to obtain and link demographic, clinical and car crash information relating to adults with a wrist fracture sustained between 2008 and 2017. McNemar’s tests were used to compare the proportion of drivers in a car crash within the 2 years prior to and following the fracture date. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify if any variables were associated with increased odds of crashing in the post-fracture period.
Data relating to 37,107 adults revealed a 3.3% (95% CI 3.0%–3.6%, p < 0.05) decrease in the proportion of drivers in a car crash following wrist fracture, persisting for the entire 2 years post-fracture, when compared to the proportion who crashed before their fracture. Those with more severe wrist fracture injury patterns had 79%(95% CI 1.07–3.0, p = 0.03) higher odds of having a crash in the first 3 months following their injury, compared to those with isolated wrist fracture injuries.
These results inform and update return to drive recommendations. The reduced proportion of drivers involved in crashes following wrist fracture persisted for 2 years; longer than the expected physical recovery timeframe. It is important that hand therapists actively educate the sub-group of adults with more severe wrist fracture injury patterns of the increased likelihood of car crash for the 3 months following their fracture.
•This the first paper to report on car crashes following wrist fracture.•We provide much needed information to assist with return to drive decision-making.•Those with severe injury had 79% higher odds of crashing in the initial 3-months.•Education is recommended for the sub-group with 3-months of increased crash risk.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc,Elsevier Limited
Subject
Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data
/ Adult
/ Adults
/ Aged
/ Datasets
/ Driving
/ Female
/ Fractures, Bone - epidemiology
/ Humans
/ Injuries
/ Male
/ Patients
/ Radius Fractures - epidemiology
/ Recovery
/ Surgery
/ Trauma
/ Western Australia - epidemiology
/ Wrist
