OBJECTIVE: To determine clinical characteristics of @entity1 with @entity303 who are currently driving and to analyse the way driving cessation is put into operation and the difficulties identified by @entity1 and family. METHOD: A descriptive study of @entity1 evaluated during 2 years in a @entity73 Assessment Clinic in the Hospital Universitari de la Santa Creu de Vic (Barcelona, Spain), who were driving at the time of diagnosis. General and functional @entity1 data were recorded and a questionnaire was later completed by their relatives. RESULTS: Data was collected on a total of 40 @entity1 (20% of @entity1 diagnosed with @entity303 ), with a mean age 77.6 years, 87.5% male, and 90% cases of @entity195 . Almost two-thirds (60%) were in early stages of @entity303 , 12.5% moderate @entity5 , and 27.5% moderate stage. After one year, 70.3% of cases had stopped driving. In 42% of these, the family considered that the process was complicated. In 58% of cases, the @entity1 did not accept the decision. CONCLUSION: Most active drivers at the time of diagnosis of @entity303 are @entity1 with @entity195 at an early stage. After one year, one third of them were still driving. The driving cessation can be difficult for @entity1 and families.

[Driving and @entity303 : Case analysis in a XXXX diagnostic unit].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'men'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['Cognitive Disorders'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['initial-stage'] @entity195 :: ('MESH:D000544', 'Disease') :: ['Alzheimer disease', 'Alzheimer type dementia']
@entity73 :: (MESH:D003072,Disease) :: ['cognitive disorders']
