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The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 63:P6-P12 (2008)
© 2008 The Gerontological Society of America

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Longitudinal Predictors of Driving Cessation Among Older Adults From the ACTIVE Clinical Trial

Jerri D. Edwards, Lesley A. Ross, Michelle L. Ackerman, Brent J. Small, Karlene K. Ball, Stacy Bradley and Joan E. Dodson

1 School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa.
2 Edward R. Roybal Center for Translational Research on Aging and Mobility, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
3 Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Huntsville.

Address correspondence to Jerri D. Edwards, USF School of Aging Studies, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, MHC 1300, Tampa, FL 33620. E-mail: jedwards1{at}cas.usf.edu

We examined the physical, visual, health, and cognitive abilities of 1,656 older adults as prospective predictors of self-reported driving cessation over a 5-year period. We examined the time to driving cessation across 5 years after we controlled for days driven per week at baseline and any cognitive intervention participation. Older age, congestive heart failure, and poorer physical performance (according to the Turn 360 Test) were statistically significant risk factors for driving cessation. Slower speed of processing (according to the Digit Symbol Substitution and Useful Field of View tests) was a significant risk factor even after we took baseline driving, age, health, vision, and physical performance into consideration. Implications are that assessments of cognitive speed of processing can provide valuable information about the subsequent risk of driving cessation.

Key Words: Driving cessation • Speed of processing • Cognition • Older driver • Vision




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