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
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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