Rehabilitation for convicted drinking drivers (second offenders): effects on mortality.
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.
Addiction Research Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
R E
RE
Mann
L
L
Anglin
K
K
Wilkins
E R
ER
Vingilis
S
S
MacDonald
W J
WJ
Sheu
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000401:mortality / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence