ArticleInjury epidemiology2017
Association between baseline frailty and driving status over time: a secondary analysis of The National Health and Aging Trends Study.
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- Self-Reported Dysphagia and Psychosocial Health Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results of a National Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Are Frail Older People from Racial/Ethnic Minorities at Double Jeopardy of Putting off Healthcare during the Pandemic?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Bidirectional association between visual impairment and frailty among community-dwelling older adults: a longitudinal study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Do entrapment, injuries, outcomes and potential for self-extrication vary with age? A pre-specified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN).Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Association between Sarcopenia, Its Defining Indices, and Driving Cessation in Older Adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- The Risk of Functional Limitations After Driving Cessation Among Older Japanese Adults: The JAGES Cohort Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Associations of Frailty Status with Low-Mileage Driving and Driving Cessation in a Cohort of Older Drivers.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Depression and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers Predict Driving Decline.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2018Article
- Driver Rehabilitation Utilization and Need Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy AssociationArticle
- Driving Cessation and Late-Life Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.Clinical gerontologistArticle
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Abstract
backgroundContinued automobile driving is important for the wellbeing and independence of older adults. Frailty has been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes, but studies are lacking on the potential association between frailty and driving status. The present study uses data from The National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) to assess if the presence of frailty is associated with being a current non-driver.
methodsNHATS is a nationally representative cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries (aged ≥65) that have been followed since 2011. We examined frailty status at baseline (Fried's frailty phenotype) and driving status over 4 years (from 2011 to 2014) excluding never drivers at baseline. Multivariable Poisson regression was used to obtain incidence rate ratios, adjusting for covariates and clustering. To account for the repeated measures in the data collection, generalized estimating equations (GEE) were employed.
resultsA significant association between baseline frailty and driving status was observed at all four time points. At T4, frail participants at baseline had an incidence rate for becoming a current non-driver 1.80 times (or an 80% increase) that of non-frail participants at baseline (adjusted 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.56-2.07).
conclusionsFrailty was associated with an increased rate of being a current non-driver. Based on this association, we posit that screening for and intervening on frailty may help certain older adults who are at risk for becoming a current non-driver to remain on the road longer.
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