TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Medical conditions associated with driving cessation in community-dwelling, ambulatory elders
JO  - Journal of gerontology
A1  - Campbell, M. Karen
A1  - Bush, T. L.
A1  - Hale, W. E.
SP  - S230
EP  - 4
VL  - 48
IS  - 4
N2  - The decision to stop driving leads to severe contraction of independence, and most localities do not curtail driving privileges in impaired elders. In a population of community-based, ambulatory individuals 70-96 years old, annual medical screening showed that 276 of 1,656 (16.7 +/- 1.8%) who reported driving regularly in the past do not currently drive. The cessation of driving behavior was examined in terms of specific medical conditions occurring within the past 5 years. Retired drivers were disproportionately female, and driving cessation risk rose with age. Age-sex-adjusted logistic regression found that six conditions explained about 50 percent of the decisions to stop driving: macular degeneration; retinal hemorrhage; any deficit in Activities of Daily Living; Parkinson's disease; stroke-related residual paralysis or weakness; and syncope. Strikingly, only 1.8 percent of those who stopped driving had ever had a license revoked; 58.7 percent reported voluntarily stopping; 31.9 percent gave health or medical reasons. Clearly, the decision to cede driving privileges is complex and not dependent solely on medical problems.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-1422
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -