Journal article
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Driving Cessation: A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
MH Connors, D Ames, M Woodward, H Brodaty
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders | KARGER | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1159/000478740
Abstract
Background/Aims: Driving cessation is associated with significant morbidity in older people. People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may be at particular risk of this. Very little research has examined driving in this population. Given this, we sought to identify predictors of driving cessation in people with MCI. Methods: One hundred and eighty-five people with MCI were recruited from 9 memory clinics around Australia. People with MCI and their carers reported their driving status and completed measures of cognition, function, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and medication use at regular intervals over a 3-year period. Results: Of the 144 people still driving at baseline, 50 (27.0%) stopped ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Dementia Collaborative Research Centre is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Data collection was funded in part by Janssen-Cilag Pty Limited. Janssen-Cilag had no input into the design, execution, analysis, interpretation, or writing of this study. We are grateful to the staff across 9 testing sites and the patients and their families who supported this study.