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| Longitudinal predictors of driving cessation among older adults from the ACTIVE Clinical Trial | | Author(s) | Jerri D Edwards, Lesley A Ross, Michelle L Ackerman |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp P6-P12 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Cognitive processes ; Mental speed ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The authors examined the physical, visual, health, and cognitive abilities of 1,656 older adults as prospective predictors of self-reported driving cessation over a 5-year period. They examined the time to driving cessation across 5 years, after controlling for days driven per week at baseline and any cognitive intervention participation. The participants were from the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study who defined themselves as current drivers at baseline. Older age, congestive heart failure, and poorer physical performance (according to the Turn 360 Test) were statistically significant risk factors for driving cessation. Slower speed of processing (according to the Digit Symbol Substitution and Useful Field of View tests) was a significant risk factor even after taken for baseline driving, age, health, vision, and physical performance into consideration. Implications are that assessments of cognitive speed of processing can provide valuable information about the subsequent risk of driving cessation. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-091208214 A |
| Classmark | OPF: DA: DG: 4C: 3J: 7T |
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