Rehabilitation for convicted drinking drivers (second offenders): effects on mortality.
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Alcohol Research Documentation, Inc. in Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Vol. 55 (3) , 372-374
- https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1994.55.372
Abstract
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.Keywords
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