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ArticleEvidence-based mental health2016

Driving and dementia: a clinical update for mental health professionals.

Charlotte L Allan, Sophie Behrman, Nina Baruch, Klaus P Ebmeier

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Article in Evidence-based mental health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Charlotte L AllanCentre for the Health of the Elderly, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK.
Sophie BehrmanDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nina BaruchOlder People's Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Klaus P EbmeierDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Funding

Medical Research Council G1001354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most people with mild dementia can continue to drive, but dementia is progressive and many patients and clinicians will be faced with questions about driving safety in the course of their illness. Determining when this happens is a complex decision, with risks of personal and public safety needing to be weighed against individual patient benefits of driving in terms of autonomy, independence and well-being. Decisions need to make reference to cognitive abilities, as well as other factors including physical comorbidity, vision, mobility, insight and history of driving errors and accidents. Deciding to stop driving, or being required to stop driving is often difficult for patients to accept and can be a particularly problematic consequence of a dementia diagnosis. Legal frameworks help in decision-making but may not provide sufficient detail to advise individual patients. We review the current guidelines and evidence relating to driving and dementia to help clinicians answer questions about driving safety and to consider the full range of assessment tools available.

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Accidents, TrafficAutomobile DrivingClinical Decision-MakingDecision MakingDementiaHumansPersonal AutonomyPsychological TestsUnited KingdomGERIATRIC MEDICINEMENTAL HEALTHPRIMARY CARE

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PMID27765792
PMCPMC10699514

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