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Effects of Older Adult Driving Resumption on All-Cause Mortality

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  • Kendra L Ratnapradipa
  • Jing Wang
  • Marla Berg-Weger
  • Mario Schootman
  • Deborah Carr

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ObjectivesDriving cessation is associated with adverse social and health outcomes including increased mortality risk. Some former drivers resume driving. Do resumed drivers have a different mortality risk compared to former drivers or continued drivers?MethodWe analyzed National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011–2015) data of community-dwelling self-responding ever drivers (n = 6,189) with weighted stratified life tables and discrete time logistic regression models to characterize mortality risk by driving status (continued, resumed, former), adjusting for relevant sociodemographic and health variables.ResultsOverall, 14% (n = 844) of participants died and 52% (n = 3,209) completed Round 5. Former drivers had the highest mortality (25%), followed by resumed (9%) and continued (6%) drivers. Former drivers had 2.4 times the adjusted odds of mortality compared with resumed drivers (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 2.41; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.51, 3.83), with no difference between continued and resumed drivers (aOR = 1.22; 95% CI = 0.74, 1.99).DiscussionThose who resumed driving had better survival than those who did not. Practice implications include driver rehabilitation and retraining to safely promote and prolong driving.

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  • Kendra L Ratnapradipa & Jing Wang & Marla Berg-Weger & Mario Schootman & Deborah Carr, 2020. "Effects of Older Adult Driving Resumption on All-Cause Mortality," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 75(10), pages 2263-2267.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:75:y:2020:i:10:p:2263-2267.
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