@article{ref1,
title="Associations between health and driving in an older adult cohort in Rancho Bernardo",
journal="Journal of aging and health",
year="2016",
author="Hill, Linda L. and Laughlin, Gail A. and Bettencourt, Richele and Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify the associations between health and health care utilization with driving patterns in a cohort of older adults. <br><br>METHOD: In 2012, a total of 1,826 surviving participants in the Rancho Bernardo cohort were sent a health and driving pattern survey; 1,277 were returned. <br><br>RESULTS: The majority of the respondents (1,151, 91%) were still driving. Older age, female sex, hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) visits and physical therapy visits, neurological disease, depression, limited vision, and limited hearing were associated with non-driving status. A total of 809 (71%) of drivers reported no citations or crashes in the last 5 years. <br><br>DISCUSSION: The vast majority of older drivers in this cohort continued to drive, and did so safely. Health care utilization, medications, medical conditions, and self-assessment of health were associated with non-driving status. Prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relationships between these factors.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0898-2643",
doi="10.1177/0898264316661828",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264316661828"
}