TY - JOUR T1 - Giving up driving was associated with an increase in depressive symptoms among older adults JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 25 LP - 25 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.1.25 VL - 1 IS - 1 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/01/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/1/25.abstract N2 - Marottoli Ra, Mendes de Leon CF, Glass Ta , Et AL. Driving cessation and increased depressive symptoms: prospective evidence from the New Haven EPESE. J Am Geriatr Soc 1997 Feb; 45 : 202 –6. OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science To determine whether an association exists between giving up driving and increased depressive symptoms among older adults.Cohort study.Urban, community based study in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.1316 non-institutionalised men and women ≥ 65 years of age drawn from the cohort of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly programme who were alive at the seventh annual follow up interview in 1989.In the 1989 follow up interview, participants were asked if they were still driving a car or if they had ever driven, but stopped. Participants who had given up driving were asked when this occurred. Interviewers were blinded to the purpose of the study. Factors other than … ER -