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| Driving cessation in patients attending a memory clinic | | Author(s) | Ana Talbot, Irene Bruce, Conal J Cunningham |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 34, no 4, July 2005 |
| Pages | pp 363-367 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Geriatric out-patients clinics ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | Dementia is common in later life, and will eventually lead to driving cessation, which reduces the public health risk of impaired driving but also impairs access to services. In a retrospective study of 430 consecutive patients referred to a memory clinic in Ireland over a 21-month period, driving cessation was associated with poorer cognitive and functional status, older age and living in the city. Of those studied, 22% continued to drive. 63% of these were driving daily, 71% were driving unaccompanied, and 31% reported an accident. Participants living with others and living in the city were more likely to discontinue driving. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050722210 A |
| Classmark | OPF: EA: E4: L6G: 763 |
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