ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2011
Age-based testing for driver's license renewal: potential implications for older Australians.
Article in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Risk-Exposure Density and Mileage Bias in Crash Risk for Older Drivers.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- Consensus statements on the assessment of older drivers.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2014Article
- Relation of driving status to incident life space constriction in community-dwelling older persons: a prospective cohort study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2012Article
- Understanding ageing in older Australians: the contribution of the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project to the evidence base and policy.Australasian journal on ageing · 2011Article
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objectivesTo investigate the effect of age-based testing (ABT) for driver's license renewal policies on older Australians.
designSecondary data analysis of a pooled dataset.
settingCommunity-based samples drawn from three Australian states.
participantsFive thousand two hundred six adults aged 65 to 103 from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project. MEASUREMENTS: Self-reported driving status, age-based testing (ABT) for driver's license renewal status, demographics, medical conditions, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and visual acuity.
resultsAfter accounting for significant demographic and health covariates, logistic regression analyses revealed that older adults required to undergo ABT were between 2.2 (95% confidence interval (CI)=1.35-3.57, P=.001) and 1.5 (95% CI=1.18-1.92, P=.001) times as likely to report not driving. Similar proportions of drivers with cognitive or visual impairments were found regardless of ABT status.
conclusionRequired ABT for license renewal was associated with lower rates of driving. The proportion of drivers with probable cognitive or visual impairments was similar in those who had ABT and those who did not. Future investigation of the effect of current ABT policies on crash rates and the potential to use other scientifically designed ABT strategies is therefore needed.
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