ArticleBMC ophthalmology2013
Driving patterns in older adults with glaucoma.
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- Pooled it
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- Understanding Glaucoma: Why it Remains a Leading Cause of Blindness Worldwide.Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde · 2025Review
- Driving status, avoidance, and visual impairment among older adults in the United States.Journal of transport & health · 2025Article
- Impact of Meditation on Improving Quality of Life Among Glaucoma Patients: A Study Protocol.Patient related outcome measures · 2025Article
- Treatment expectations in glaucoma: what matters most to patients?Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Quality of life in glaucoma.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2023Review
- Driving and glaucoma in the UK: a national survey of clinicians' advice and guidance to patients.Eye (London, England) · 2023Article
- Effect of peripheral refractive errors on driving performance.Biomedical optics express · 2022Article
- Self-Reported Driving Difficulty, Avoidance, and Negative Emotion With On-Road Driving Performance in Older Adults With Glaucoma.American journal of ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Development of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Adults With Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis in Korea.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Driving Status and Transportation Disadvantage Among Medicare Beneficiaries.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2020Article
- Effects of driver compensatory behaviour on risks of critical pedestrian collisions under simulated visual field defects.PloS one · 2020Article
- Advanced glaucoma at diagnosis: current perspectives.Eye (London, England) · 2020Review
- Vision-related quality of life and symptom perception change over time in newly-diagnosed primary open angle glaucoma patients.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Reduced social participation among seniors with self-reported visual impairment and glaucoma.PloS one · 2019Article
- Association between glaucoma severity and driving cessation in subjects with primary open-angle glaucoma.BMC ophthalmology · 2018Article
- Does the World Health Organization criterion adequately define glaucoma blindness?Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Article
- Detection and measurement of clinically meaningful visual field progression in clinical trials for glaucoma.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2017Review
- On-road Driving Performance of Patients With Bilateral Moderate and Advanced Glaucoma.American journal of ophthalmology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe ability to drive is important for ensuring quality of life for many older adults. Glaucoma is prevalent in this age group and may affect driving. The purpose of this study is to determine if glaucoma and glaucomatous visual field (VF) loss are associated with driving cessation, limitations, and deference to another driver in older adults.
methodsCross-sectional study. Eighty-one glaucoma subjects and 58 glaucoma suspect controls between age 60 and 80 reported if they had ceased driving, limited their driving in various ways, or preferred another to drive.
resultsTwenty-three percent of glaucoma subjects and 6.9% of suspects had ceased driving (p = 0.01). Glaucoma subjects also had more driving limitations than suspects (2.0 vs. 1.1, p = 0.007). In multivariable models, driving cessation was more likely for glaucoma subjects as compared to suspects (OR = 4.0; 95% CI = 1.1-14.7; p = 0.03). The odds of driving cessation doubled with each 5 decibel (dB) decrement in the better-eye VF mean deviation (MD) (OR = 2.0; 95% CI = 1.4-2.9; p < 0.001). Glaucoma subjects were also more likely than suspects to report a greater number of driving limitations (OR = 4.7; 95% CI = 1.3-16.8; p = 0.02). The likelihood of reporting more limitations increased with the VF loss severity (OR = 1.6 per 5 dB decrement in the better-eye VF MD; 95% CI = 1.1-2.4; p = 0.02). Neither glaucoma nor VF MD was associated with other driver preference (p > 0.1 for both).
conclusionsGlaucoma and glaucomatous VF loss are associated with greater likelihood of driving cessation and greater limitation of driving in the elderly. Further prospective study is merited to assess when and why people with glaucoma change their driving habits, and to determine if their observed self-regulation of driving is adequate to ensure safety.
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