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ArticleThe journal of international advanced otology2019

Driving Habits and Risk of Traffic Accidents among People with Ménière's Disease in Finland.

Ilmari Pyykkö, Vinaya Manchaiah, Jing Zou, Hilla Levo, Erna Kentala

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Article in The journal of international advanced otology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Driving ability in patients with dizziness: a systematic review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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  2. Risk factors affecting drop attack in patients with Meniere's disease.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026
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  6. Vestibular drop attacks in Ménière's disease and its association with migraine.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ilmari PyykköDepartment of Otolaryngology, Hearing and Balance Research Unit, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Vinaya ManchaiahDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA;Department of Speech and Hearing, School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
Jing ZouDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Center for Otolaryngology-Head - Neck Surgery of Chinese PLA, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Hilla LevoDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Helsinki School of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
Erna KentalaDepartment of Otolaryngology, University of Helsinki School of Medicine, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIManipal Academy of Higher Education · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe study evaluated the driving habits and risk of traffic accidents among people with Ménière's disease (MD) in Finland. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe study used a cross-sectional survey design. Members of the Finnish Ménière Federation (FMF) were contacted and requested to participate in an online survey. In total, 558 FMF members (58.7% response rate) responded to the survey.

resultsPeople with MD were responsible for significantly fewer traffic accidents (0.8%) annually than individuals in the general population (1.7%). In addition, the lifetime risk of car accidents was lower among subjects with MD (8.3%) than that among individuals in the general population (24 to 28%). Nearly half of the total participants had either reduced the frequency of driving or had given up driving because of their condition. Factors such as gender, balance problems, visual problems with visual aura, and syncope during vestibular drop attacks can help explain the reasons for giving up car driving. One third (35.9%) of the participants were able to anticipate the MD attack before they decided to drive a car. Participants with falls during a vestibular drop attack, attacks of rotary vertigo, syncope during vestibular drop attacks, and those who were of a younger age were at a higher risk of experiencing a vertigo attack while driving a car. The most common strategies to avoid car accidents were selective driving and not driving when symptoms appeared.

conclusionThe results show that people with MD are at a lower risk of traffic accidents than individuals in the general population, which can be explained by selective driving.

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HabitsAccidents, TrafficAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAutomobile DrivingCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleFinlandHumansMaleMeniere DiseaseMiddle AgedRisk FactorsYoung Adult

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PMID31287436
PMCPMC6750787
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