Association of hospitalization with driving reduction and cessation in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Driving has not been considered as part of the social cost of acute illness and may go unnoticed in the post-hospital care of older adults. Decreases in driving after hospitalization and at-risk populations have not been investigated.

Objective

To determine the association between driving reduction and cessation and hospitalization in older adults by using nationally representative data.

Design

Retrospective cohort analysis.

Setting

Health and Retirement Study survey from 2004 to 2014.

Participants

Adults aged 65 years and older who were able to drive and had an available car (n = 12,110; 40,364 interviews).

Measurements

Self-report of a hospitalization requiring an overnight stay, changes in driving patterns including driving cessation

SUBMITTER: Gaulton TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8751345 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature