Older Drivers Reduced Engagement in Distracting Behaviors Over a Six-Year Period: Findings From the Candrive Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Baltes and Baltes' "selective optimization with compensation" model is pertinent to driving but evidence about the use of compensation using longitudinal designs is scarce. Therefore, we sought to determine if older drivers reduced their engagement in distracting behaviors while driving, over a 6-year period.

Methods

We used data captured over several annual assessments from a cohort of 583 drivers aged 70 and older to determine if their engagement in 12 distracting behaviors (e.g., listening to the radio, talking with passengers) declined over time. We adjusted our multivariable model for several potential confounders of the association between our outcome variable and time.

Results

Overall, and after adjustment for potential confounders, the participants

SUBMITTER: Bedard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature