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Driving cessation and increased depressive symptoms
— prospective evidence from the New Haven EPESE | | Author(s) | Richard A Marottoli, Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Thomas A Glass |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 2, February 1997 |
| Pages | pp 202-206 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A driving survey was administered in 1989 to survey non-institutionalised members of the New Haven Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) cohort. Of 1316 respondents, 502 were active drivers as of 1988, 92 had stopped driving between 1982 and 1987, and the remainder had neither driven or had stopped before 1982. Information about independent and dependent variables other than driving status came from in-person EPESE interviews in 1982, 1985 and 1988, except for medical conditions, which were updated yearly. Depressive symptoms were assessed by the Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression (CES-D) scale. Analyses focused on the changes in depressive symptoms before and after driving cessation. Those who stopped driving exhibited substantial increases in depressive symptoms during the 6-year interval. Driving cessation was among the strongest predictors of increased depressive symptoms, even when adjusting for socio-demographic and health-related factors. These consequences need to be taken into account when advising older drivers, and in developing alternative transport strategies to meet older people's mobility needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981005004 A |
| Classmark | OPF: ENR: CT: 49: 7T |
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