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| Driving cessation in older men with incident dementia | | Author(s) | Daniel J Foley, Kamal H Masaki, G Webster Ross |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 8, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp 928-930 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Older men ; Dementia ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 643 male participants in the Honolulu Asian Aging Study (HAAS) were evaluated for the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) or other dementia. The prevalence of driving declined dramatically with level of cognitive functioning. Of 162 men with normal cognitive functioning, 78% still drove, compared with 62% of 287 with poor cognitive functioning but no clinical dementia, 46% of 96 men with a new diagnosis of very mild dementia, and 22% of 98 men with a new diagnosis of mild dementia. Only one of 23 men diagnosed with moderate or more severe staged dementia still drove. About 10% of the 59 demented men still driving relied on co-pilots, and only one driver was reported as having been involved in a crash. Incident dementia is a major cause of driving cessation. Based on the data from this study, the authors estimate that some 4% of male drivers aged 75 and over in the US (about 175,000 men) have dementia. This number will increase with the projected growth of drivers aged 75 and over. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001020207 A |
| Classmark | OPF: BC: EA: 7T |
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