ArticleClinical gerontologist
Driving Cessation and Late-Life Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms: Findings from the National Health and Aging Trends Study.
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- Sex Differences in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Transportation Modes by Driving Status Among Older Adults.Occupational therapy international · 2026Article
- Health Status and Driving Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Transportation barriers, loneliness, and depressive/anxiety symptoms in older adults.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Predicting Driving Cessation Among Cognitively Normal Older Drivers: The Role of Alzheimer Disease Biomarkers and Clinical Assessments.Neurology · 2024Observational
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objectivesTo describe the association between driving cessation and depressive and anxiety symptoms over time by assessing depression and anxiety at 1- and 4-years follow-up.
methodsThe study examined community-dwelling adults aged 65 years and older from the National Health and Aging Trends Study who were driving at the 2015 interview and completed 1-year (
resultsAdjusting for socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, driving cessation was associated with depressive symptoms at 1 year (OR = 2.25, 95% CI: 1.33-3.82) and 4-year follow-up (OR = 3.55, 95% CI: 1.72-7.29). Driving cessation was also associated with anxiety symptoms at 1 year (OR = 1.71, 95% CI: 1.05-2.79) and 4 year follow up (OR = 3.22, 95% CI: 1.04-9.99).
conclusionsDriving cessation was associated with an increased risk of developing depressive and anxiety symptoms in later life. However, reasons for this association remain unclear. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Although the mechanism linking driving cessation with worse mental health symptoms is uncertain, driving facilitates many important activities. Clinicians should monitor the well-being of patients who stop or intend to stop driving.
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