Rehabilitation for convicted drinking drivers (second offenders): effects on mortality

J Stud Alcohol. 1994 May;55(3):372-4. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1994.55.372.

Abstract

The mortality experience of convicted drinking drivers (second offenders) (N = 347) randomly assigned to rehabilitation and control groups in two Ontario cities was examined. Over a follow-up period ranging between 8 and 13 years, 14 (11.0%) of the controls and 17 (7.7%) of the rehabilitation group died. Direct comparisons of the randomly assigned control and treatment groups revealed a tendency for lower total mortality and significantly lower mortality from accidental and violent death in those assigned to rehabilitation. Additional comparisons involving a combined rehabilitation group (N = 487) (rehabilitation participants randomly and not randomly assigned) confirmed these observations.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Accidents, Traffic / mortality
  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / mortality
  • Alcoholism / rehabilitation*
  • Cause of Death*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ontario / epidemiology
  • Violence*