"Why older people stop to drive? A cohort study of older patients admitted to a rehabilitation setting"

Pozzi, Christian and Morandi, Alessandro and Lucchi, Elena and Alessandro, Lanzoni (2017) "Why older people stop to drive? A cohort study of older patients admitted to a rehabilitation setting". Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. ISSN 1720-8319

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe the predictive factors of driving cessation at 6-month follow-up in older patients discharged from a rehabilitation setting and evaluated by an occupational therapist in a multidisciplinary team. Of 95 patients, at 6-month 27.4% ceased to drive. The reasons for driving cessation were a patients’ voluntary choice (42.3%) or a choice of their family (23.1%), and only in 34.6% of the patients the license was revoked by a medical commission. In a multivariate analysis greater functional impairment—measured with the Timed Up and Go test—(OR 12.60, CI 2.74–57.89; p < 0.01) was the only predictor of driving cessation. This study shows that the ability to walk safely and independently is a significant predictor of driving cessation. The simple assessment of this factor using the TUG might be an easy screening tool to prompt a second level evaluation to accurately identify unsafe driving.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Subjects:	Subjects Allied to Medicine Subjects Allied to Medicine > Nursing Social studies > Social work > Health & welfare
Department/unit:	Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale
Depositing User:	Christian Pozzi
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2017 05:27
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2017 05:27
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/8658

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