Driving status and health-related quality of life among the oldest old: a population-based examination using data from the AgeCoDe-AgeQualiDe prospective cohort study.
Aging Clin Exp Res
; 33(11): 3109-3115, 2021 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
It is almost unknown whether the driving status is associated with HRQOL among individuals in highest age.AIMS:
Based on a multicenter prospective cohort study, the objective of this study was to examine whether the driving status is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among the oldest old in Germany.METHODS:
Cross-sectional data from follow-up wave 9 (n = 544) were derived from the "Study on Needs, health service use, costs and health-related quality of life in a large sample of oldest-old primary care patients (85+)" (AgeQualiDe). Average age was 90.3 years (± 2.7; 86 to 101 years). The current driver status (no; yes) was used in our analysis. The EuroQoL EQ-5D questionnaire was used to assess HRQOL in this study.RESULTS:
Regression analysis showed that being a current driver was associated with the absence of problems in 'self-care' [OR 0.41 (95%-CI 0.17 to 0.98)], and 'usual activities' [OR 0.48 (0.26 to 0.90)], whereas it was not significantly associated with problems in 'pain/discomfort' [OR 0.82 (0.47 to 1.45)] and 'anxiety/depression' [OR 0.71 (0.36 to 1.39)]. Being a current driver was marginally significantly associated with the absence of problems in 'mobility' [OR 0.60 (0.34 to 1.06)]. While being a current driver was not associated with the EQ-VAS in the main model, it was positively associated with the driving status (ß = 5.00, p < .05) when functional impairment was removed from the main model.DISCUSSION:
Our findings provide first evidence for an association between driving status and HRQOL among the oldest old.CONCLUSIONS:
Future longitudinal studies are required to evaluate a possible causal relationship between driving status and HRQOL in very old individuals.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Health Status
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged80
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Aging Clin Exp Res
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Germany