Background

Community mobility, the ability to move about one's community by any mode of transportation, is vital to social participation and wellbeing, especially for older adults, however it is heavily reliant on private motor vehicles. Biopsychosocial risk factors mean that drivers may eventually need to stop driving. Preparation and gradual cessation have been identified as being key in the transition to non-driving; however, little is known about variation in drivers' activities across age groups, and whether drivers contemplate or plan for driving cessation. The aims of this study were to determine any age differences relating to mobility and social engagement patterns, driver identity, whether drivers recognise a need to adapt to non-driving futures, and how mobility needs might be met without driving.

Method

Participants were recruited from university participant pools and massive open online course (MOOC) platforms, social media, research participation databases, and snowball sampling. Respondents completed an online self-reported questionnaire, consisting of items assessing the travel patterns and transport preferences across a sample of 605 participants, aged 18–85 years. Differences in social participation, mobility and recognising and/or planning for driving cessation were explored across age groups.

Results

Drivers identified personally important places accessed by driving. Content analysis revealed two themes. The first of these we titled Routine and Practical, which contained few codes but was frequently endorsed. The second theme, Life Enriching, contained many codes and demonstrated the richness of drivers’ community activities. Analysis of quantitative data revealed older drivers perceived greater life change due to driving cessation and were more aware of potential future driving cessation, but were less willing to move house to be closer to transport and services. Frequency of and satisfaction with socialising were comparable for age groups, highlighting the importance of discretionary travel across the lifespan. No significant differences were found for driving cessation planning between age groups; despite greater awareness of driving cessation, older drivers engaged in the same amount of cessation planning as other groups.

Discussion

The present study demonstrates the similarities across age groups in terms of variety in social activities, providing a timely reminder of the need to consider discretionary mobility of all age groups, and a need to provide appropriate resources to prompt driving cessation planning.

中文翻译：

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社区流动性取决于驾驶吗？根据混合年龄样本对待其他运输方式的态度和意图

背景

社区流动性，即通过任何一种交通工具在社区中流动的能力，对于社会参与和福祉都至关重要，特别是对于老年人而言，但是它很大程度上依赖于私家车。生物心理社会风险因素意味着驾驶员可能最终需要停止驾驶。准备和逐渐停止是向非驾驶过渡的关键；但是，对于不同年龄段的驾驶员活动变化以及驾驶员是否打算或计划戒烟知之甚少。这项研究的目的是确定与机动性和社会参与模式，驾驶员身份，驾驶员是否认识到需要适应非驾驶期货相关的年龄差异，以及如何在不驾驶的情况下满足机动性需求。

方法

参与者是从大学参与者库，大规模开放式在线课程（MOOC）平台，社交媒体，研究参与者数据库和滚雪球采样中招募的。受访者填写了在线自我报告调查表，其中包括评估年龄在18-85岁之间的605名参与者的样本中的出行方式和交通偏好的项目。探讨了不同年龄段的社会参与，机动性以及对停车的认知和/或计划方面的差异。

结果

驾驶员确定了开车进入的个人重要地点。内容分析揭示了两个主题。其中第一个标题为“例程和实用”，其中包含很少的代码，但经常得到认可。第二个主题是“丰富生活”，其中包含许多代码，并展示了驾驶员社区活动的丰富性。定量数据分析显示，年长的驾驶员会因停止驾驶而感到生活发生较大变化，并且更加了解未来可能的停止驾驶，但不愿将房屋搬到更接近交通和服务的位置。社会交往的频率和满意程度在各个年龄组中是可比的，突显了在整个寿命周期中自由旅行的重要性。没有发现年龄组之间的停车计划有显着差异。

讨论区

本研究证明了不同年龄组在社交活动方面的相似性，及时提醒人们需要考虑所有年龄组的自主流动性，并需要提供适当的资源以促进驾驶员进行戒烟计划。