Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze handgrip strength as a predictor of the inability to drive in older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in traffic clinics with 421 older adults in Curitiba-Paraná from January 2015 to December 2018. A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, handgr...
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| author | Maria Helena Lenardt Tânia Maria Lourenço Susanne Elero Betiolli Maria Angélica Binotto Clarice Maria Sétlik Márcia Marrocos Aristides Barbiero |
| author_facet | Maria Helena Lenardt Tânia Maria Lourenço Susanne Elero Betiolli Maria Angélica Binotto Clarice Maria Sétlik Márcia Marrocos Aristides Barbiero |
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze handgrip strength as a predictor of the inability to drive in older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in traffic clinics with 421 older adults in Curitiba-Paraná from January 2015 to December 2018. A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, handgrip strength test, and queries from the National Registry of Qualified Drivers form were applied. Results: Reduced handgrip strength was not a predictor of inaptitude for vehicular driving (p=0.649). The predictors of inaptitude were: low education (p=0.011), incomplete elementary education (p=0.027), and cognition (p=0.020). Conclusion: reduced handgrip strength was not shown to predict for loss of driving skills in older adults. Low education level and reduced cognition level are conditions that were shown to be predictors for loss of vehicular driving license. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-51239821ebe94e6e9891e56038090c6d2022-12-22T02:44:32ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462022-11-0176110.1590/0034-7167-2021-0729Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitudeMaria Helena Lenardthttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8309-4003Tânia Maria Lourençohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1696-0626Susanne Elero Betiollihttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4469-4473Maria Angélica Binottohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9158-6634Clarice Maria Sétlikhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2981-2726Márcia Marrocos Aristides Barbierohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1567-3641ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze handgrip strength as a predictor of the inability to drive in older adults. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted in traffic clinics with 421 older adults in Curitiba-Paraná from January 2015 to December 2018. A sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, handgrip strength test, and queries from the National Registry of Qualified Drivers form were applied. Results: Reduced handgrip strength was not a predictor of inaptitude for vehicular driving (p=0.649). The predictors of inaptitude were: low education (p=0.011), incomplete elementary education (p=0.027), and cognition (p=0.020). Conclusion: reduced handgrip strength was not shown to predict for loss of driving skills in older adults. Low education level and reduced cognition level are conditions that were shown to be predictors for loss of vehicular driving license.http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672023000100157&lng=en&tlng=enElderlyAutomobile DrivingAutomobile Driver ExaminationHand StrengthCross-sectional Studies |
| spellingShingle | Maria Helena Lenardt Tânia Maria Lourenço Susanne Elero Betiolli Maria Angélica Binotto Clarice Maria Sétlik Márcia Marrocos Aristides Barbiero Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Elderly Automobile Driving Automobile Driver Examination Hand Strength Cross-sectional Studies |
| title | Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| title_full | Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| title_fullStr | Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| title_full_unstemmed | Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| title_short | Handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| title_sort | handgrip strength in older adults and driving aptitude |
| topic | Elderly Automobile Driving Automobile Driver Examination Hand Strength Cross-sectional Studies |
| url | http://revodonto.bvsalud.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672023000100157&lng=en&tlng=en |
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