[Impact of driving cessation on daily transportation utility in elderly people with cognitive decline: a survey of patients in the memory clinic of an urban university hospital].
OBJECTIVE
In the present study our goal was to explore the impact of driving cessation on daily transportation utility in older people with cognitive decline.


METHODS
A total of 101 older persons participated in our survey of responding of a questionnaire about driving and other methods for traveling, administered at the memory clinic of the geriatric outpatient unit of Nagoya University Hospital. Of this total, 48 (47.5%) still had driving licenses, 16 (15.8%) had licenses that had expired, and 37 (36.6%) had no driving experience.


RESULTS
The majority of license holders (77.1%) were active drivers, and we found that license holders tend to utilize public transport loss than older people without driving experience. Furthermore, among those who had ceased driving, there was a contrast in daily transportation utility between those with dementia and those without dementia, with the former accessing public transport less frequently.


CONCLUSIONS
When clinicians advise drivers with dementia to cease driving, these patients need special attention to assist them in providing alternative ways of transportation.
Kawano
Naoko
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Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Makino
Taeko
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Suzuki
Yusuke
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Umegaki
Hiroyuki
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D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation