Predictors of Health Care Provider Anticipatory Guidance Provision for Older Drivers.

CONCLUSION: HCP counseling provision related to driving issues differs by patient age and several HCP characteristics, including HCP rurality, age, and personal experience with motor vehicle crashes. Because aging results in physical and mental changes which affect driving, and which can be identified by HCPs, HCPs are in a position to counsel patients on the potential impacts of aging on the act of driving. Future research should examine the reasons for the differences in anticipatory guidance provision found in this study. PMID: 26940031 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - March 3, 2016 Category: Accident Prevention Authors: Huseth-Zosel AL, Sanders G, O'Connor M Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research