Keeping Fit and Fit to Drive: An Experimental Intervention to Explore the Impact of Physical Exercise on Older Adults’ Driving

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• Creators:
  D'Ambrosio, Lisa
• Corporate Creators:
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Corporate Contributors:
  University Transportation Centers Program (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aged
  • Mobility
  • Driving cessation
  • Physical fitness
  • Behavior
  • Automobile drivers
  • Research Hub
  • Aged
  • Automobile drivers
  • Physical fitness
• Publication/ Report Number:
  MITR23-2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England University Transportation Center
• Abstract:
  With the aging of the population has come increased attention to the importance of helping older adults retain their mobility. For many older adults, driving is central to their senses of identity and autonomy, and some research has shown that driving cessation among older adults is associated with depression. Yet much work on driving among older adults has focused on this issue of driving self-regulation or driving cessation. Much less work has addressed the issue of older adults’ driving from the perspective of what strategies might help to keep older adults driving safely. The purpose of this research was to conduct an experimental intervention to examine the impact of physical exercise on older adults’ safe driving behaviors.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26600/dot_26600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 183.22 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a6e5c8d39c841588f065aa50aca6ce8f0561d37197ee0fc1ab890b433de912e5