Table 3. Cognitive and Functional Deficits in Women with Any Cognitive Impairment (Mild Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia Combined) According to Proxy-Reported Driving Status on Dementia Questionnaire.
| Question | Current Drivers, n = 199 |
Former Drivers, n = 181 |
P- Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Did (does) the subject have any problems with: | |||
| Memory? | 170 (85.4) | 157 (84.9) | .88 |
| Remembering people’s names? |
79 (40.1) | 98 (53.0) | .01 |
| Recognizing familiar faces? |
14 (7.1) | 34 (19.0) | <.001 |
| Finding way about indoors? |
6 (3.1) | 20 (11.1) | .006 |
| Finding way on familiar streets? |
45 (23.4) | 78 (46.7) | <.001 |
| Remembering a short list of items? |
77 (45.8) | 105 (64.0) | <.001 |
| Household tasks? | 75 (37.9) | 114 (63.0) | <.001 |
| Handling money? | 71 (37.6) | 115 (64.3) | <.001 |
| Grasping situations or explanations? |
77 (38.9) | 99 (54.7) | .003 |
| Dressing of caring for self? |
10 (5.1) | 46 (25.1) | <.001 |
| Feeding self? | 1 (0.5) | 16 (8.7) | .0001 |
| Getting out of bed and into a chair? |
34 (17.2) | 52 (28.6) | .005 |
| Bathing? | 22 (11.4) | 69 (38.6) | <.001 |
| Did she ever receive medications for memory problems? |
27 (15.3) | 65 (37.1) | <.001 |
P-value based on chi-square test.