Marottoli R A
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven.
Conn Med. 1993 May;57(5):277-80.
Driving safety in elderly individuals is becoming an increasingly important issue in geriatrics and in medical practice. The number of elderly drivers is increasing as the population ages, and especially as current generations of female drivers age. Concern is raised about their safe operation of motor vehicles because of the increasing likelihood with advancing age of developing conditions that may adversely affect the visual, cognitive, and motor abilities integral to driving. But this issue is not only a medical one, since there are social and political components as well. This discussion will describe the background of this issue, focus on the changes that may occur with aging and their potential relationship to driving ability, and, finally, will outline an approach that physicians may employ in their practice.
老年人的驾驶安全在老年医学和医疗实践中已成为一个日益重要的问题。随着人口老龄化，老年驾驶员的数量不断增加，尤其是当当代女性驾驶员步入老年时。由于随着年龄的增长，患上可能对驾驶所必需的视觉、认知和运动能力产生不利影响的疾病的可能性越来越大，人们对他们安全驾驶机动车的能力表示担忧。但这个问题不仅是医学问题，因为其中还涉及社会和政治因素。本讨论将描述这一问题的背景，重点关注衰老可能发生的变化及其与驾驶能力的潜在关系，最后将概述医生在临床实践中可采用的方法。
