TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Effects of older adult driving resumption on all-cause mortality
JO  - Journals of gerontology. Series B: psychological sciences and social sciences
A1  - Ratnapradipa, Kendra L.
A1  - Wang, Jing
A1  - Berg-Weger, Marla
A1  - Schootman, Mario
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Driving cessation is associated with adverse social and health outcomes including increased mortality risk. Some former drivers resume driving. Do resumed drivers have a different mortality risk compared to former drivers or continued drivers? METHOD: We analyzed National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2015) data of community-dwelling self-responding ever drivers (n=6,189) with weighted stratified life tables and discrete time logistic regression models to characterize mortality risk by driving status (continued, resumed, former), adjusting for relevant sociodemographic and health variables. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall, 14% (n=844) of participants died and 52% (n=3,209) completed round 5. Former drivers had the highest mortality (25%), followed by resumed (9%) and continued (6%) drivers. Former drivers had 2.4 times the adjusted odds of mortality compared to resumed drivers (aOR 2.41; 95% CI 1.51, 3.83), with no difference between continued and resumed drivers (aOR 1.22; 95% CI 0.74, 1.99). <br><br>DISCUSSION: Those who resumed driving had better survival than those who did not. Practice implications include driver rehabilitation and retraining to safely promote and prolong driving.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-5014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz058
ID  - ref1
ER  -