title: A study on driving status in 98 epileptic patients with driving licences.
abstract: As to the driving status in the period between January 1984 and December 1988, 98 epileptic patients with driving licences were examined, paying regard to their clinical conditions. Sixty-one (62%) of the patients were seizure-free for the last five years or more in December 1988. Eighty-one (83%) were actually driving motor vehicles at the time of this study, and 27 (33%) of the 81 drivers still had fits during the past five years. Nine patients (9%) had caused traffic accidents, but no accident had occurred due to seizures. The type of the nine accidents was as follows: One case of a slight physical injury to the other person, four cases of the driver's own car damage without other material damage, and four of the accidents involving other cars.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004608:Eligibility Determination / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004827:Epilepsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged