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The Risk of Hospitalization for Motor Vehicle Accident Injury in Narcolepsy and the Benefits of Stimulant Use: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan.


ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine the risk of hospitalization for motor vehicle accident injury (MVAI) in patients with narcolepsy and the effects of stimulant use on MVAI occurrence in patients with narcolepsy.

Methods

This is a population-based, retrospective cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 2013. We included patients with narcolepsy based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes, 347. The case and matched control participants were selected in a ratio of 1:3, and the traffic accident (ICD-9-CM codes: E810-E819) plus injury codes (ICD-9-CM codes: 800.xx-999.xx) due to MVAI following hospitalization were used for the study outcome. The type of injury, causes, intentionality, and the effects of stimulant use on patients with narcolepsy were also assessed.

Results

A total of 1,316 participants were enrolled, including 329 participants with narcolepsy and 987 participants without narcolepsy. During a 14-year follow-up period, a total of 104 participants had MVAI, of whom 47 (1,559.54 per 100,000 person-years) belonged to the narcolepsy cohort and 57 (556.21 per 100,000 person-years) to the non-narcolepsy cohort. After adjusting for covariates, the risk of hospitalization for MVAI among participants with narcolepsy was still significantly higher than those without narcolepsy (adjusted hazard ratio = 6.725; 95% confidence interval = 4.421-10.231; P < .001). The use of modafinil or methylphenidate, as monotherapy or combined treatment, was associated with a lower risk of MVAI in the narcolepsy cohort.

Conclusions

Patients with narcolepsy may have a higher risk of hospitalization for MVAI and stimulant use could mitigate such risk.

SUBMITTER: Tzeng NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557652 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Risk of Hospitalization for Motor Vehicle Accident Injury in Narcolepsy and the Benefits of Stimulant Use: A Nationwide Cohort Study in Taiwan.

Tzeng Nian-Sheng NS   Hsing Shih-Chun SC   Chung Chi-Hsiang CH   Chang Hsin-An HA   Kao Yu-Chen YC   Mao Wei-Chung WC   Yang Cheryl C H CCH   Kuo Terry B J TBJ   Chen Tien-Yu TY   Chien Wu-Chien WC  

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 20190615 6


<h4>Study objectives</h4>To examine the risk of hospitalization for motor vehicle accident injury (MVAI) in patients with narcolepsy and the effects of stimulant use on MVAI occurrence in patients with narcolepsy.<h4>Methods</h4>This is a population-based, retrospective cohort study using Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 2013. We included patients with narcolepsy based on the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD  ...[more]

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