Table 1.
First Author (Year) | Study Design | Purpose | Age Range or Mean (SD) of n (in Years) | Sample Size | Racial/Ethnic Group n (% of Total Sample) | Explicit Focus on Race or Ethnicity | Group Difference Found in Driving Outcome | |
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1 | Edwards (2017) [18] |
Retrospective Longitudinal | Impact of hearing impairment on driving mobility | 63–90 | 500 | African American 57 (11.4%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | Minority race associated with baseline-restricted mobility |
2 | Carr (2016) [12] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine functional impairments and comorbidities on driving performance | 64.9–88.2 | 129 | African American 12 (9.3%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
3 | Choi (2015) [16] |
Randomized Controlled Trial | Examine gender and racial disparities in life-space constriction in later life | 73.6 (5.9) | 2765 | African American 726 (26.2%) | Yes | African Americans have more life-space constriction at baseline but are stable over time |
4 | Choi (2014) [13] |
Retrospective Longitudinal | Association between driving status and cognitive functioning in later life | 71.9 (4.4) | 9135 | Mixed 1251 (13.6%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
5 | Choi (2013) [14] |
Retrospective Longitudinal | Characterize former vs. never drivers over 15 years | 77.4 (4.44) and 77.4 (4.77) | 3098 | African Americans 539 (17.3%), Hispanics 327 (10.5%), Other 77 (2.4%) | Yes | Minority race was significant predicted to have never driven |
6 | Dugan (2013) [17] |
Retrospective Longitudinal | Biopsychosocial risk factors associated with driving cessation | 75.10 (7.16) | 17,349 | Mixed 3643 (20.9%) | Yes | Minority race a risk factor for current and future driving cessation |
7 | Green (2013) [20] |
Retrospective Longitudinal | Examine sensory impairment as risk factor for crashes among older drives | 70–99 | 1998 | African American 350 (17.5%), Other 9 (<1%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
8 | Choi (2012) [15] |
Randomized Controlled Trial | Examine gender and racial disparities in driving cessation | 73.54 (5.88) | 2645 | African American 394 (14.9%), Other 17 (0.06%) | Yes | Minority race more likely to stop driving faster in later life |
9 | Ball (2010) [11] |
Randomized Controlled Trial | Examine the effect of cognitive training on subsequent crashes among older adults | 65–91 | 908 | African American 164 (18.0%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
10 | Munro (2010) [23] |
Cross-sectional | Examine risk factors that predict lane-changing errors in older adults | 67–87 | 1080 | African American 129 (11.9%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
11 | Edwards (2009) [19] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine driving status as a predictor of mortality among older adults | 73.16 (2.77) | 660 | African American 94 (14.2%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
12 | Lunsman (2008) [21] |
Randomized Controlled Trial | Examine what factors predict change in visual processing | 65–94 | 690 | African American 185 (26.8%), Other 9 (1.3%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
13 | Okonkwo (2008) [24] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine self-regulation of older adults via driving habits and visual attention | 75–100.44 | 1543 | Other 41 (2.6%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
14 | Owsley (2002) [26] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine cataract surgery as a risk factor for crashes among older adults | 71.2 (6.6) and 71.5 (5.4) | 277 | Other 37 (13.3%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
15 | MacGregor (2001) [22] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine if traffic sign test can distinguish older adult driver who crashed | 65–91 | 120 | Other 21 (17.5%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
16 | Sims (2000) [27] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Identify medical and functional risk factors for at-fault crashes | 57–91 | 174 | African American 26 (14.9%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |
17 | Sims (1998) [28] |
Cross-sectional Case-control | Identify medical and functional risk factors for at-fault crashes | 57–91 | 174 | African American 26 (14.9%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | African American race was associated with more at-fault crashes |
18 | Owsley (1998) [25] |
Prospective Longitudinal | Examine visual processing impairment as a risk factor for crashes | 55–87 | 294 | African American 56 (19%) | No—Race/Ethnicity treated as covariate | No |