Predictors of Driving Cessation in Older Adults: A 12-year Population-based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Changes in physical health and cognition during aging can result in some older adults to stop driving. In this population-based longitudinal study, we describe potential predictors of driving cessation in older adults.

Methods

Age-stratified random population cohort of 1982 adults aged 65 years and older drawn from voter registration lists. Participant characteristics were measured using demographics, physical and self-rated health, sleeping habits, driving status, cognitive screening, modified Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression scale, clinical dementia rating, and mini-mental state examination.

Results

Over 12 years of follow-up, 390 participants stopped driving. These individuals were older, more likely to be women and to have a clinical dementia

SUBMITTER: Wood I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9974810 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature