Prevalence of medical factors related to aging among older car drivers: a multicenter, cross-sectional, descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

An increasing number of older adults in Japan are at an increased risk of road traffic crashes. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of potential underlying medical factors that increase the risk of road traffic crashes among older people.

Methods

This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in 11 medical institutions in Japan using self-administered questionnaires and physical examination from January to May 2021. The background and social data, data on the use of nursing care insurance, and clinical data suggestive of polypharmacy, sarcopenia, cognitive impairment, and frailty/oral frailty were obtained. The prevalence of these factors was compared between everyday and occasional drivers.

Results

Data of 127 patients were collected; their med

SUBMITTER: Hagiya H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9555182 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature