['Methadone substitution therapy and driving'. Results of an experimental study]
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['Methadone substitution therapy and driving'. Results of an experimental study]. / Dittert, S; Naber, Dieter; Soyka, M.
in: NERVENARZT, Jahrgang 70, Nr. 5, 5, 1999, S. 457-462.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - ['Methadone substitution therapy and driving'. Results of an experimental study]
AU - Dittert, S
AU - Naber, Dieter
AU - Soyka, M
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The aim of our experimental study was to gain informations and data on the driving ability of patients undergoing a methadone substitution programme as well as to explore the influence of an HIV infection. 28 patients, five of them HIV-positive, were compared to a control group equal in age, sex and education. For the traffic relevant tests the methadone patients showed significantly reduced performance. Six of the methadone patients passed the tests in a way regarded to have sufficient driving skills. We were unable to prove an influence of HIV infection on driving skills when lacking relevant somatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms. There was no significant correlation between the test results and patients age or dose of medication. We conclude that in general methadone substitution does not implicate driving inability although the majority of our patients showed some reduction of their psychomotoric skills.
AB - The aim of our experimental study was to gain informations and data on the driving ability of patients undergoing a methadone substitution programme as well as to explore the influence of an HIV infection. 28 patients, five of them HIV-positive, were compared to a control group equal in age, sex and education. For the traffic relevant tests the methadone patients showed significantly reduced performance. Six of the methadone patients passed the tests in a way regarded to have sufficient driving skills. We were unable to prove an influence of HIV infection on driving skills when lacking relevant somatic and neuropsychiatric symptoms. There was no significant correlation between the test results and patients age or dose of medication. We conclude that in general methadone substitution does not implicate driving inability although the majority of our patients showed some reduction of their psychomotoric skills.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 70
SP - 457
EP - 462
JO - NERVENARZT
JF - NERVENARZT
SN - 0028-2804
IS - 5
M1 - 5
ER -
