Medication and Road Test Performance Among Cognitively Healthy Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Older adults are increasingly prescribed medications that have adverse effects. Prior studies have found a higher risk of motor vehicle crashes to be associated with certain medication use.

Objective

To determine whether specific medication classes were associated with performance decline as assessed by a standardized road test in a community sample of cognitively healthy older adults, to evaluate additional associations of poor road test performance with comorbid medical conditions and demographic characteristics, and to test the hypothesis that specific medication classes (ie, antidepressants, benzodiazepines, sedatives or hypnotics, anticholinergics, antihistamines, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or acetaminophen) would be associated with an increase

SUBMITTER: Carr DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10543136 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature