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| Self-reported driving, cognitive status, and physician awareness of cognitive impairment | | Author(s) | Victor G Valcour, Kamal H Masaki, Patricia L Blanchette |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 50, no 7,, July 2002 |
| Pages | pp 1265-1267 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Mental health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; General practice ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 297 patients aged 65+ in an Asian-American community of Honolulu, Hawaii were assessed using the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) and proxy informant data. Their medical records were also reviewed. 60% of the studied population reported that they currently drove. This rate decreased from 73.3% (148/202) for subjects with good CASI performance, to 37% (21/56) for those with intermediate CASI performance, and further to 23.7% (9/38) for those with poor CASI performance scores. Low recognition rates of poor driving performance could affect doctors' interventions to curb unsafe driving. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020822207 A |
| Classmark | OPF: D: E: L5: 4C: 7T |
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