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| The driving habits of adults aged 60 years and older | | Author(s) | Joseph J Gallo, George W Rebok, Sandra E Lesikar |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 3, March 1999 |
| Pages | pp 335-341 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Performance ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Identifying clinical cues that might signal driving difficulty in older adults at appointments with their general practitioner (GP) was the study's aim. Subjects were 1,920 participants of the Baltimore sample of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program, of whom 589 were over 60. They were asked whether they had made adaptations to driving, or had experienced accidents in the previous 2 years. Former drivers were more likely to be older, female, and non-white. Diabetes, vision impairment, functional impairment, and making an error on the copy design task of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) were associated with no longer driving. Women were more likely to report having made adaptations to driving, as were those with heart disease, arthritis, vision impairment and those making an error in the MMSE copy design task. Heart disease and hearing impairment were associated with an adverse driving event. Simple tests of visuo-spatial ability such as the MMSE copy design task may warrant further study for use in driving assessment of older adults in primary care. The results underscore the importance of inquiring about driving as a separate component of functional assessment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001107009 A |
| Classmark | OPF: 5H: 4C: 7T |
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