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- Abstract:
- Compared with younger drivers, individuals 65 years of age and older, drive fewer miles but get in more motor vehicle collisions (MVCs). Older adults often take medications that have a sedating effect. Previous studies have shown that sedating medications can impair driving ability.2 The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of sedating medication use in older patients seen in the emergency department (ED), their patterns of driving, self report of MVCs in the past 12 months while using these edications, and any advice given by prescribers about the potential for these medications to cause driving impairment.
- Notes:
- Scholarly concentration: Aging
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Henderson, Adam, Baird, Janette, Beaudoin, Francesca, et al.,
"A Cross-sectional Study on the Prevalence of Sedating Medication Use in Older Patients Attending the Emergency Department"
(2015).
Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/16hq-cy20
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Scholarly Concentrations Program Collection of Abstracts
...Each spring the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Scholarly Concentrations Program (SCP) publishes a print volume of abstracts written by medical students in the SCP and their mentors that describes the research projects that they collaborated on over …