Patients and Relatives Desire Their Physician to Give a Judgement About Driving Abilities: A Survey by Questionnaire on a Dutch Memory Clinic

Dementia is a progressive disease, with implications for driving ability and the eventual need for restricting or ceasing driving in people with dementia. A critical issue in the management of dementia is when to recommend restrictions on driving an automobile. This article reports on a study that considered whether relatives and patients prefer a judgment from their physician considering the ability to drive. The questionnaire study included 100 consecutive patients and 97 accompanying relatives who attended an outpatient memory clinic at a Dutch teaching hospital. The results showed that, when necessary in the case of a somatic disease or dementia, almost all patients and their relatives expect a physician to revoke driving privileges.

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• Authors:
  • Marieke, Baron
  • Wouter, Braamhorst
  • Koek, Huiberdina L
  • Dautzenberg, Paul LJ
• Publication Date: 2006-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 1217-1218
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: Wiley (John) & Sons, Limited
  • ISSN: 0885-6230
  • Serial URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991166

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Advocacy groups; Aged; Aged drivers; Allied health personnel; Attitudes; Automobile drivers; Dementia; Driving; Driving cessation; Families; Guidelines; Patients; Physicians
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01056010
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 2007 11:43AM