Predictors of Readiness for Mobility Transition in Older Drivers

ABSTRACT

We administered the Assessment of Readiness for Mobility Transition (ARMT) to 301 older drivers and compared total scores with participant characteristics. Overall, 18% of participants were not attitudinally ready for mobility transition, while 19% were very ready. Notably, participants with hospitalizations in the past year were either very ready for mobility transition (20% vs 14% without hospitalizations) or not ready at all (30% vs 17%). Significant health events may polarize reactions towards mobility transition. Individualizing communication about driving cessation readiness could help address such differing views. To further consider its effectiveness, ARMT could be utilized in mobility transition counseling interventions.

KEYWORDS:

• Driving cessation
• mobility transition counseling
• older drivers

Declaration of interest

David B. Carr, MD receives support from NIA, NEI, Missouri Department of Transportation, and HealthSouth and has had Consulting Relationships in the last two years with the St. Louis Chapter Alzheimer’s Association, the National Alzheimer’s Association, The Traffic Injury Research Foundation, Sunnybrook Research Institute (University of Toronto), Medscape, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (East Carolina University), State Farm Insurance, and the American Geriatric Society. None of the other authors have any conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Funding

This work was supported by a Paul Beeson Career Development Award Program [The National Institute on Aging; AFAR; The John A. Hartford Foundation; and The Atlantic Philanthropies; grant number-K23AG043123]. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the funding agencies. No sponsor had any direct involvement in study design, methods, subject recruitment, data collection, analysis, or manuscript preparation.