Lenardt Maria Helena, Cechinel Clovis, Binotto Maria Angelica, Kolb Carneiro Nathalia Hammerschmidt, Lourenço Tânia Maria
, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Curitiba. Brazil.
Colomb Med (Cali). 2017 Jun 30;48(2):41-46.
to analyze the association between physical frailty and the results of fitness capacity exams for driving vehicles among elder Brazilians.
this is a cross sectional study, performed in traffic medicine clinics of the city of Curitiba (Brazil). The data was collected through the physical frailty tests, the use of a structured questionnaire, and searches on the records of the Brazilian National Register of Qualified Drivers.To analyze the information, the authors used descriptive statistics and non-parametrical tests.
One hundred seventy two elderly people, of whom 56.4% pre-fragile and 43.6% non-fragile. 25.0% were considered fit for driving, 68.6% were considered fit, but with some restrictions, and 6.4% were placed as temporarily unfit for driving. There was no association between frailty condition and the final results for driving fitness (= 0.8934). Physical frailty was significantly associated to the restrictions observed for those who were fit under restrictions (= 0.0313), according to the weekly amount of kilometers traveled (= 0.0222), and to car accidents occurred after the age of 60 (= 0.0165).
Physical frailty was significantly associated to the restrictions related to driving, reason to which makes important to manage frailty over this group of drivers. However, no association observed between physical frailty and the final result for driving vehicles.
分析巴西老年人身体虚弱与车辆驾驶能力测试结果之间的关联。
这是一项横断面研究，在巴西库里蒂巴市的交通医学诊所开展。数据通过身体虚弱测试、使用结构化问卷以及查阅巴西国家合格驾驶员登记记录收集。为分析信息，作者采用了描述性统计和非参数检验。
172名老年人中，56.4%处于脆弱前期，43.6%不脆弱。25.0%被认为适合驾驶，68.6%被认为适合但有一些限制，6.4%被判定为暂时不适合驾驶。虚弱状况与驾驶适宜性的最终结果之间无关联（ = 0.8934）。身体虚弱与对那些有驾驶限制者观察到的限制显著相关（ = 0.0313），与每周行驶公里数相关（ = 0.0222），并与60岁后发生的车祸相关（ = 0.0165）。
身体虚弱与驾驶相关限制显著相关，这使得对这组驾驶员管理虚弱状况很重要。然而，未观察到身体虚弱与车辆驾驶最终结果之间存在关联。
