| Titre : | Very old drivers : findings from a population cohort of people aged 84 and over. (2000) |
| Auteurs : | C. BRAYNE ; A. AHMED ; L.Y. CHI ; T.R. DENING ; C. DUFOUIL ; F.A. HUPPERT ; M. MCGEE ; Department of Public Health and Primary Care. Institute of Public Health. Cambridge. GBR |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 29, n° 4, 2000) |
| Pagination : | 704-707 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Accident circulation ; Age ; Fonction cognitive ; Facteur risque ; Personne âgée ; Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Royaume Uni ; Europe ; Traumatisme |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST QR0x5hCD. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Increases in longevity will involve a significant increase among the number of drivers in the very old, who are at greater risk of being involved in road accidents. Data are thus needed from studies of older populations to characterize those still driving, the reasons for giving up and to help formulate appropriate policies for dealing with the problems faced and created by an increase in older drivers, A driving questionnaire was administered to surviving members of a cohort comprising a representative sample of individuals aged >=84, the Cambridge City over 75 Cohort, Out of 546 survivors 404 completed the driving questionnaire at the 9-year follow-up. In addition, subjects were assessed, at baseline and at each follow-up, for cognitive performance using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and for physical impairment using the Instrumental of Activities in Daily Living (IADL) scale. Of the sample, 37% had driven in the past, and 8.4% were still driving, the majority regularly. The drivers tended to be younger (mean age 86.6 years), men n (71%) and to be married (67.7%). Although physical disability and cognitive impairment are common in this age group, current drivers had few physical limitations on their daily activities and were not impaired on MMSE. None of the current drivers had visual impairment and 22.6% had hearing loss. Of those who had given up driving, 48.5% had given up at the age of >=80. (...) |
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