Predictors Associated With Maintaining Driving in Old Age

Aged, 80 and Over Clinical Trial

Official title: Predictive Factors Associated With Continued Driving in Old Age : a Mixed Methods Approach

Status Completed

Clinical Trial 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.

Clinical Trial Description

FAMACO is a project led by Gérontopôle Auvergne Rhône-Alpes (AURA) and Chaire Santé des Ainés of the Jean Monet University, supported by the Observatoire National Interministériel de la Sécurité Routière (ONISR), that aims prevent the loss of autonomy of the elderly population by identifying predictors associated with maintaining driving in old age. This is a mixed quantitative and qualitative prospective study.

Quantitative study identify medical factors linked to stopping driving by analysis data from "PROnostic of factors OF cardiovascular or neurovascular disease" (PROOF) cohort. In addition, a questionnaire on the social environment was addressed to participants.

Qualitative study focus on identifying the expectations and needs of all concern populations : elderly divers, elderly former drivers, general practitioner, geriatrician, certified driver's license physician, law enforcement, driving instructors and emergency services. This qualitative study will be carried out on three different sites : Saint-Etienne, Marseille, and Lille. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Aged, 80 and Over

• NCT number: NCT05872490
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
• Status: Completed
• Start date: February 5, 2019
• Completion date: March 1, 2022