| Titre : | Impact of Benzodiazepine Use on the Risk of Occupational Accident. |
| Titre de série : | Erudite Working Paper, 2-2022 |
| Auteurs : | F.O. BAUDOT ; Université Paris 7. UFR de Sciences économiques et de Gestion. Equipe de Recherche sur l'Utilisation des Données Individuelles en lien avec la Théorie Economique. (E.R.U.D.I.T.E.). Créteil. FRA |
| Type de document : | Document de travail |
| Editeur : | Créteil : E.R.U.D.I.T.E., 2022 |
| Format : | 41p., tabl., fig., annexes |
| Note générale : | Référence : Réf. bib. |
| Langues: | Français |
| Catégories : |
[BDSP5] CANDES > SNDS [BDSP5] Géographie politique > Monde > Europe > France [BDSP5] Pratique santé [NI] > Comportement préjudiciable santé > Conduite égard toxique > Abus médicament [BDSP5] Thérapeutique > Thérapeutique médicamenteuse > Médicament > Médicament système nerveux > Hypnotique [BDSP5] Travail > Histoire professionnelle > Accident travail |
| Résumé : | Benzodiazepines are broadly used drugs for treating insomnia and anxiety. Although they are known to induce cognitive and psychomotor impairments, their effect on the risk of work accident remains understudied. The objective of this study is to estimate this effect by differentiating between recommended use and overuse, beyond the recommended duration (i.e., uninterrupted use during 4 months). The panel data come from the French National Health Data System, which provided a study population composed of French people who were victims of at least one work accident from 2017 to 2019 (about 2.5 million people). Using a fixed-effect model allows us to deal with time-constant heterogeneity. Results show a lower risk of work accident for people who consumed benzodiazepines the previous month, although this effect vanishes for people who overused benzodiazepines. For people under 45 years old, this overuse is associated with an increased risk of work accident. Moreover, the whole population shows a slight over-risk in the month following the treatment stoppage, which could come from rebound and catch-up effects. These results indicate that health professionals and benzodiazepines users should be made aware of work accident risk induced by benzodiazepines use, not only at the beginning of treatment but also following extended use and after treatment stoppage. This study provides more evidence on the need to limit the duration of benzodiazepine treatment. |