Highlights Two years after crash, 6% were sickness absent, 12% were on disability pension. Eight percent of the occupants sustained a permanent medical impairment. Higher odds ratios for disability pension with higher permanent medical impairment. Sickness absence at crash associated with disability pension two years later. Car model year was associated with disability pension and medical impairment.

    Abstract Objective There is a lack of knowledge regarding sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP) as consequences of road traffic injuries, and on the association between DP and permanent medical impairment (PMI). Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate SA, DP, and PMI among injured passenger car occupants two years after a crash, and how they are associated, accounting for sociodemographics, crash-related factors, and previous SA/DP. Methods This prospective cohort study included 64 007 injured car occupants aged 17–62 years at the time of a crash occurring in 2001–2013, involving a car insured at Folksam Insurance Group in Sweden. Information on sociodemographics, crash-related factors, SA (in SA spells >14 days) and DP status at inclusion and at two-year follow-up, and PMI assessed by the insurance company was used. PMI grades were categorized as 1–4, 5–9, 10–19, or >19%. Logistic regression was performed to calculate odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for DP at follow-up and for PMI, respectively. Results At the time of the crash 13% were already on SA or DP. At follow-up two years after the crash, 6% among those not already on SA/DP at the time of the crash were on SA and 2% on DP. Furthermore, 8% of the total cohort had a determined PMI. Among those not already on DP at the crash, 3% with no PMI had DP at follow-up. This proportion was higher the higher PMI grade. Among individuals without already ongoing DP at the crash date, 10% of those with a PMI 1–4 ha d DP, compared to 76% among PMI ≥ 20. Already ongoing SA at the time of the crash (OR = 39.16, 95% CI 34.89–43.95) and PMI grade (PMI ≥ 5 OR = 27.44, 95% CI 23.88–31.52, reference group PMI 0) were found to be associated with DP at two years after crash. The factor most strongly associated with PMI was the model year of the car. The older the car, the higher the risk of PMI (Model year ≤ 1990 OR = 3.36, 95% CI 2.67–4.23, reference group model year 2006–2010). An association with the same direction was also found between the model year of the car and DP at follow-up. Conclusions The association between PMI grade and DP status at follow-up among occupants not on DP at the crash date indicates that both could be used to measure long-term consequences of road traffic injury. In this cohort, already ongoing SA at the crash date was associated with DP at the two-year follow-up, emphasizing the importance of accounting for this factor in future research.


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    Titel :

    Sickness absence, disability pension and permanent medical impairment among 64 000 injured car occupants of working ages: A two-year prospective cohort study


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    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2019-02-17


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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