Predictors Associated With Maintaining Driving in Old Age
Predictive Factors Associated With Continued Driving in Old Age : a Mixed Methods Approach
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Brief Summary
The goal of this observational study is to learn about predictors associated with maintaining driving in old age. The main questions it aims to answer are :
- which and how medical factors can influence stopping or maintaining driving (quantitative research)
- how social environment can influence stopping or maintaining driving (quantitative research)
- what are the needs of all the actors in the field (qualitative research)
- know about the opinions and practices of all the actors in the field (qualitative research) Participants will be ask to answer questions in an interview taking about an hour. Quantitative research will ask participants to fill out a questionnaire about social environment.
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Started Feb 2019
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
February 5, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2022
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 10, 2023
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 24, 2023
CompletedAugust 1, 2023
July 1, 2023
24 days
May 10, 2023
July 28, 2023
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Views and representations of the different populations on the conduct of the elderly
Representations and habits of elderly driving were study by individual semi-directive interviews. The aims is to identify, in the accounts of experiences, the practices, the relationship to driving and to other forms of transport, the lived experience, the representations of driving and ageing.
Day 1
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Driving habits of elderly
Day 1
Study Arms (7)
Older 80 people
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research. In addition, a driving habits questionnaire was administered. To complete this questionnaire, medical data from the PROOF cohort were collected.The PROOF cohort is a prospective study for which enrollment began in 2001. The main objective is to evaluate the predictive value of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) activity and its decline during follow-up on the occurrence of serious and cerebral events, and on all-cause mortality, in a general population of subjects of homogeneous age. Participants were included in the study if they were 65 years of age (plus or minus 2 years) at the time of inclusion and registered on the electoral list of the city of St Etienne, had not had a previous myocardial infarction or stroke and were non-insulin dependent.
Attending physicians
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
law enforcement
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
certified driver's license physicians
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
geriatricians
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
driving instructors
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
personal assistance services
Semi-structured interviews were conducted for the qualitative research
Interventions
An interview guide was developed for each population. Depending on the population interviewed, this interview guide focuses on the current state of driving, the obstacles and levers to driving, the representations related to driving by the elderly, their opinion concerning the implementation of a potential aptitude test and more generally their opinion on policies related to road safety.
The questionnaire asks people aged 80 and over included in the PROOF cohort about their relationship to driving, their driving status, their societal and personal environment, the circumstances in which they stopped driving, recent accidents and, more generally, their driving habits.
Eligibility Criteria
7 populations are included in the study: older 65 people ; attending physicians ; law enforcement ; certified driver's license ; physicians ; geriatricians ; driving instructors ; personal assistance services. For each of them, the respondents are based in one of the three investigation sites: Saint-Etienne, Lille or Marseille. For people aged 65 and over, a questionnaire is also distributed.
You may qualify if:
- being part of one of the population studied (older 65 people ; attending physicians ; law enforcement ; certified driver's license ; physicians ; geriatricians ; driving instructors ; personal assistance services)
- live in Saint-Etienne, Marseille or Lille
You may not qualify if:
- None
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etiennelead
- Gerontopole Auvergne Rhone-Alpes (AURA)collaborator
- Jean Monnet Universitycollaborator
- University Hospital, Lillecollaborator
- Centre de Recherche Hospitalier Universitaire de Marseillecollaborator
Study Sites (3)
Nathalie Barth
Saint-Étienne-de-Montluc, Pays de la Loire Region, 42000, France
François Puisieux
Lille, France
Sylvie Bonin-Guillaume
Marseille, France
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- STUDY CHAIR
Nathalie BARTH, PhD
GERONTOPOLE AURA
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Project leader, Sociologist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 10, 2023
First Posted
May 24, 2023
Study Start
February 5, 2019
Primary Completion
March 1, 2019
Study Completion
March 1, 2022
Last Updated
August 1, 2023
Record last verified: 2023-07