Accid Anal Prev. 2013 Dec;61:233-5. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.07.007. Epub 2013 Jul 15.
Although the vast majority of active, older drivers are safe drivers, health conditions and related functional declines associated with increasing age can affect driving ability. This is a concern for older drivers, their families, and the public, as well as government agencies. To address these issues, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team in Driving in Older Persons (Candrive II) Research Program was funded in 2008 to create a prospective cohort of older active drivers to be followed for several years. In 2009 an Australian collaboration (Ozcandrive) joined the project funded by an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant. This special issue describes the preliminary findings of the Candrive/Ozcandrive prospective study of 1300 older drivers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The methodology for the study, description of the cohort and findings related to older driver health and effects on driving, as well as the utility of some existing older driver assessment tools used on this population, are described. Future findings from this ongoing study will lead to insights into older driver safety and tools that will ideally help keep older drivers safely on the road.
尽管绝大多数活跃的老年驾驶员都是安全的驾驶员，但随着年龄的增长，与健康状况和相关功能下降相关的因素会影响驾驶能力。这不仅是老年驾驶员、他们的家人和公众，还有政府机构所关心的问题。为了解决这些问题，加拿大卫生研究院（CIHR）的老年人驾驶研究小组（Candrive II）于 2008 年获得资助，建立了一个有多年随访期的活跃老年驾驶员前瞻性队列。2009 年，一个澳大利亚合作研究（Ozcandrive）项目加入了该项目，由澳大利亚研究理事会（ARC）的联合资助。本特刊描述了加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰的 Candrive/Ozcandrive 前瞻性研究的初步结果。本研究的方法、队列描述以及与老年驾驶员健康和驾驶影响相关的发现，以及一些现有的用于该人群的老年驾驶员评估工具的效用，都进行了描述。这项正在进行的研究的未来发现将有助于深入了解老年驾驶员的安全性，并提供理想的工具，帮助老年驾驶员安全地在路上行驶。
