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Effects of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment on driving ability
— a controlled clinical study by simulated driving test | | Author(s) | Cristina Frittelli, Davide Borghetti, Giovanni Ludice |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 24, no 3, March 2009 |
| Pages | pp 232-238 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Driving capability ; Drivers accidents ; Evaluation ; Clinical surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | In this Italian clinical study, 20 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) of mild severity (Clinical Dementia Rating, CDR=1) were compared with 20 subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI; CD=0.5) and a group of age-matched neurologically normal controls on a driving simulation task. The patients with mild AD performed significantly worse than MCI subjects and controls on three simulated driving measures: length of run and mean time to collision, and number of off-road events. MCI subjects had only a significantly shorter time-to-collision than healthy controls. Simple visual reaction times were significantly longer in patients with AD compared to MCI and healthy controls, and showed a borderline significant relation with simulated driving scores. Driving performance in the three groups did not significantly correlate with Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score as measures of overall cognitive function. Mild AD significantly impaired simulated driving fitness, while MCI limitedly affected driving performance. Unsafe driving behaviour in AD patients was not predicted by MMSE scores. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090421213 A |
| Classmark | EA: E4: OPF: OPD: 4C: 3G: 76V |
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