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CIHR Candrive Cohort Comparison with Canadian Household Population Holding Valid Driver's Licenses.
- Source :
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Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement [Can J Aging] 2016 Jun; Vol. 35 Suppl 1, pp. 99-109. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We investigated whether convenience sampling is a suitable method to generate a sample of older drivers representative of the older-Canadian driver population. Using equivalence testing, we compared a large convenience sample of older drivers (Candrive II prospective cohort study) to a similarly aged population of older Canadian drivers. The Candrive sample consists of 928 community-dwelling older drivers from seven metropolitan areas of Canada. The population data was obtained from the Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA), which is a representative sample of older Canadians. The data for drivers aged 70 and older were extracted from the CCHS-HA database, for a total of 3,899 older Canadian drivers. Two samples were demonstrated as equivalent on socio-demographic, health, and driving variables that we compared, but not on driving frequency. We conclude that convenience sampling used in the Candrive study created a fairly representative sample of Canadian older drivers, with a few exceptions.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1710-1107
- Volume :
- 35 Suppl 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27256820
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980816000052