TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal predictors of driving cessation among older adults from the ACTIVE clinical trial
AU - Edwards, Jerri D.
AU - Ross, Lesley A.
AU - Ackerman, Michelle L.
AU - Small, Brent J.
AU - Ball, Karlene K.
AU - Bradley, Stacy
AU - Dodson, Joan E.
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - We 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. We examined the time to driving cessation across 5 years after we controlled for days driven per week at baseline and any cognitive intervention participation. 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 we took 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.
AB - We 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. We examined the time to driving cessation across 5 years after we controlled for days driven per week at baseline and any cognitive intervention participation. 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 we took 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.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/63.1.P6
DO - 10.1093/geronb/63.1.P6
M3 - Article
C2 - 18332196
AN - SCOPUS:41649111969
SN - 1079-5014
VL - 63
SP - P6-P12
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
IS - 1
ER -