Frequency of the consumption of driving-impairing medicines (DIM)
Frequency of use | No of DIM | Patients under treatment % (95% CI) | Drivers under treatment % (95% CI) | ||||
Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||
Acute | 1 | 97.82 (97.71 to 97.94) | 97.17 (97.05 to 97.3) | 97.48 (97.39 to 97.56) | 98.09 (97.95 to 98.22) | 97.36 (97.16 to 97.57) | 97.81 (97.69 to 97.93) |
2 | 2.16 (2.04 to 2.28) | 2.80 (2.67 to 2.92) | 2.50 (2.41 to 2.58) | 1.89 (1.75 to 2.03) | 2.6 (2.39 to 2.8) | 2.16 (2.04 to 2.28) | |
≥3 | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.03) | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.05) | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.03) | 0.02 (0.01 to 0.04) | 0.04 (0.01 to 0.06) | 0.03 (0.02 to 0.04) | |
Mean (±SD) | 1.02 1.02 to 1.02) | 1.03 (1.03 to 1.03) | 1.03 (1.03 to 1.03) | 1.02 (1.02 to 1.02) | 1.03 (1.03 to 1.03) | 1.02 (1.02 to 1.02) | |
Subacute | 1 | 71.59 (71.25 to 71.94) | 67.39 (67.08 to 67.69) | 69.13 (68.90 to 69.35) | 71.75 (71.36 to 72.15) | 68.59 (68.12 to 69.06) | 70.41 (70.1 to 70.71) |
2 | 24.71 (24.38 to 25.04) | 27.35 (27.06 to 27.63) | 26.26 (26.04to 26.47) | 24.53 (24.15 to 24.9) | 26.32 (25.87 to 26.77) | 25.29 (25 to 25.58) | |
≥3 | 3.69 (3.55 to 3.84) | 5.27 (5.12 to 5.41) | 4.62 (4.51 to 4.72) | 3.72 (3.56 to 3.89) | 5.09 (4.86 to 5.31) | 4.3 (4.17 to 4.44) | |
Mean (±SD) | 1.32 (1.32 to 1.32) | 1.38 (1.38 to 1.38) | 1.36 (1.36 to 1.36) | 1.32 (1.32 to 1.32) | 1.37 (1.36 to 1.38) | 1.34 (1.34 to 1.34) | |
Chronic | 1 | 31.36 (31.04 to 31.67) | 23.84 (23.65 to 24.05) | 26.76(26.58 to 26.93) | 30.91 (30.54 to 31.28) | 25.58 (25.12 to 26.03) | 29.07 (28.78 to 29.36) |
2 | 28.34 (28.03 to 28.64) | 26.96 (26.74 to 27.17) | 27.49 (27.31 to 27.67) | 28.33 (27.97 to 28.69) | 28.22 (27.75 to 28.68) | 28.29 (28 to 28.58) | |
≥3 | 40.31 (39.97 to 40.64) | 49.20 (48.95 to 49.44) | 45.75 (45.56 to 45.95) | 40.76 (40.36 to 41.15) | 46.21 (45.69 to 46.72) | 42.64 (42.33 to 42.95) | |
Mean (±SD) | 2.63 (2.62 to 2.64) | 2.96 (2.95 to 2.97) | 2.83 (2.82 to 2.84) | 2.65 (2.64 to 2.66) | 2.86 (2.85 to 2.87) | 2.72 (2.71 to 2.73) | |
Total | Mean (±SD) | 2.08 (2.07 to 2.09) | 2.39 (2.38 to 2.40) | 2.27 (2.27 to 2.27) | 2.1 (2.09 to 2.11) | 2.15 (2.14 to 2.16) | 2.12 (2.11 to 2.13) |