Associations between biopsychosocial factors and transportation patterns of older adults residing in Klang Valley, Malaysia.

The majority (51%) of participants were in the 'using only private vehicles' group, followed by the 'flexibles' (25%) and the 'restricted' (24%). Factors significantly associated with the restricted transportation group were: (a) being female (AdjOR 15.39, 95% CI 0.86-23.39,  < 0.001); (b) being Malay (AdjOR 21.72, 95% CI 0.36-16.12,  < 0.001); (c) having higher number of comorbidities (AdjOR 14.01, 95% CI 0.20-13.21,  = 0.007); and (d) being dependent in IADL (AdjOR 13.48, 95% CI 0.51-1.78, p = 0.002).