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| Driving cessation and increased depressive symptoms | | Author(s) | David R Ragland, William A Satariano, Kara E MacLeod |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 60A, no 3, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 399-403 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | To understand the consequences of driving cessation in older people, the authors evaluated depression in former drivers compared to current drivers. Depression (as assessed using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CES-D), driving status, sociodemographic factors, health status, and cognitive function were evaluated for a cohort of 1,953 residents aged 55+ as part of the Study of Physical Performance and Age-Related Changes in Sonomans (SPPARCS), a community-based study of ageing in California. The authors interviewed 1,772 participants who were active drivers at baseline 3 years later. At baseline, former drivers reported higher levels of depression than did active drivers. In longitudinal analysis, those who stopped driving during the 3-year interval reported higher levels of depressive symptoms than for those who remained active drivers, after the authors controlled for changes in health status and cognitive function. Increased depression for former drivers was substantially higher in men than in women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-051103204 A |
| Classmark | OPF: ENR: CT: 49: 7T |
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