Edwards Jerri D, Ross Lesley A, Ackerman Michelle L, Small Brent J, Ball Karlene K, Bradley Stacy, Dodson Joan E
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2008 Jan;63(1):P6-12. doi: 10.1093/geronb/63.1.p6.
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.
我们对1656名老年人的身体、视觉、健康和认知能力进行了检查，将其作为未来5年自我报告停止驾驶的预测指标。在控制了基线时每周的驾驶天数和是否参与任何认知干预后，我们研究了5年期间停止驾驶的时间。年龄较大、患有充血性心力衰竭以及身体表现较差（根据360度转身测试）是停止驾驶的统计学显著风险因素。即使在我们考虑了基线驾驶情况、年龄、健康状况、视力和身体表现之后，处理速度较慢（根据数字符号替换测试和有用视野测试）仍是一个显著的风险因素。这意味着对认知处理速度的评估可以提供有关随后停止驾驶风险的有价值信息。
