TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Associations between health and driving in an older adult cohort in Rancho Bernardo
JO  - Journal of aging and health
A1  - Hill, Linda L.
A1  - Laughlin, Gail A.
A1  - Bettencourt, Richele
A1  - Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0898-2643
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264316661828
ID  - ref1
ER  -