Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Evidence from the New Haven EPESE

1997644 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Richard A. Marottoli · Yale University

Carlos F. Mendes de Leon · Yale University

Thomas A. Glass

Christopher S. Williams · Yale University

Leo M. Cooney · Yale University

Lisa Berkman · Harvard University

Mary E. Tinetti · Yale University

Abstract

Driving cessation was associated with an increase in depressive symptoms even when accounting for sociodemographic and health-related factors. These consequences need to be taken into account when advising older drivers and when developing alternative transportation strategies.

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Older Adults Driving Studies Urban Transport and Accessibility Health disparities and outcomes

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Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 45, Issue 2, pp. 202-206

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb04508.x

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Driving Cessation and Increased Depressive Symptoms: Prospective Evidence from the New Haven EPESE

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