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| Development of a test battery to identify older drivers at risk for self-reported adverse driving events | | Author(s) | Richard A Marottoli, Emily D Richardson, Meredith H Stowe |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 5, May 1998 |
| Pages | pp 562-568 |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Drivers accidents ; Health [elderly] ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aims of this US study were to develop a battery of tests that assessed a wide range of functional abilities relevant to driving, yet could be performed in a clinician's office, and to determine which of these tests were most closely associated with self-reported adverse driving events. A group of 125 older drivers participated in the study. The test battery assessed visual, cognitive, and physical abilities potentially relevant to driving, and was administered in participants' homes. Outcome measures included the self-report of a crash, moving violation, or being stopped by police. Analyses compared performance on the elements of the test battery with participants' histories of adverse driving events. Results showed that of the 125 drivers, 40% had reported an adverse event in a mean period of 5.76 years before the current interview. The elements of the test battery independently associated with a history of events, adjusting for driving frequency, included near visual acuity worse than 20/40, limited neck rotation, and poor performance on a test of visual attention. These findings suggest that it may be possible to identify drivers at risk using simple tests of functional ability. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981009403 A |
| Classmark | OPF: OPD: CC: DA: 4C: 7T |
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