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Older Drivers and Cataract: Driving Habits and Crash Risk
The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 1999 · Vol. 54(4) · pp. M203–M211
Cynthia Owsley✉(University of Alabama at Birmingham)Beth T. Stalvey(Alabama Department of Public Health)J.M. Wells(Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre)Michael E. Sloane(University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Abstract
Older drivers with cataract experience a restriction in their driving mobility and a decrease in their safety on the road. These findings serve as a baseline for our ongoing study evaluating whether improvements in vision following cataract surgery expand driving mobility and improve driver safety.
Older Adults Driving StudiesOphthalmology and Visual Impairment StudiesTraffic and Road SafetyCrashMedicineVisual impairmentOlder peopleGerontologyPsychologyOptometryPsychiatryComputer science
MeSH terms
Accidents, TrafficAge FactorsAgedAged, 80 and overAgingAttitudeAutomobile DrivingCataractCognitionDepressionFemaleHealthHumansMaleMental Health
Funding
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- Ögonfonden
- National Institutes of Health
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