Psychotropic drugs and risk of motor vehicle accidents: a

The authors conducted a matched case-control study of 5183 subjects withMVAs and 31093 matched controls,identified from the claims records ofoutpatient service visits during the period from 2000 to 2009.Inclusion criteriawere defined as subjects aged equal to or more than 18years and involved inMVAs.Conditional logistic regressions with covariates adjustment (includingurbanity,psychiatric and non-psychiatric outpatient visits and Charlsoncomorbidity score) were applied to examine the effect of four classes ofpsychotropic drugs on MVAs.