PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Marian E. Betz AU - Leon Villavicencio AU - Deepika Kandasamy AU - Tara Kelley-Baker AU - Woon Kim AU - Carolyn DiGuiseppi AU - Thelma J. Mielenz AU - David W. Eby AU - Lisa J. Molnar AU - Linda Hill AU - David Strogatz AU - David B. Carr AU - Guohua Li ED - , TI - Physician and Family Discussions about Driving Safety: Findings from the LongROAD Study AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2019.04.180326 DP - 2019 Jul 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - 607--613 VI - 32 IP - 4 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/32/4/607.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/32/4/607.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2019 Jul 01; 32 AB - Background: Older adult drivers may experience decreases in driving safety with age or health status change. Discussing driving safety may help them plan for driving restriction and eventual cessation. Here, we sought to examine conversations between older adults and their family members and physicians.Methods: In this multi-site cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from the AAA Longitudinal Research on Aging Drivers (LongROAD) cohort study, we measured the prevalence and characteristics of family and physician driving discussions. We examined associations between having driving discussions and participant characteristics using multivariate logistic regression.Results: Of 2990 current drivers aged 65 to 79 years (53% female, 85.5% White), only 14.2% reported discussing driving safety with family and 5.5% had discussions with physicians. Men (adjusted OR, 1.32; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.66) and those with Master's degrees or higher (adjusted OR, 1.65; 95% CI, 1.27 to 2.13) more often had family discussions. Those with at least a Master's degree were also more likely to speak with their physician (adjusted OR, 1.77; 95% CI, 1.17 to 2.68).Conclusion: Few older adults had driving safety conversations with their family or physicians. Practical and effective interventions are needed to engage family and physicians in assisting older adults with risk assessment and driving cessation planning to maintain mobility and well-being.