Associations between Driving Cessation and Mental Health among Rural and Urban Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Driving cessation is robustly associated with poor mental health outcomes among older adults; however, the magnitude of this relationship may differ by rurality. This study examined cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between driving cessation and life satisfaction and depressive symptoms and assessed whether these relationships were moderated by rurality. Data is from participants in the 2014 and 2016 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (mean age = 73; 58% female) with information on either depressive symptoms (n=5,650) or life satisfaction (n=1,931). Multivariate linear regression models were built to test whether rurality moderated the relationship between driving status and two mental health outcomes (life satisfaction and depressive symptoms). Models tested (1) unadjusted asso

SUBMITTER: Fenton MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11741506 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature