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| Improving driving performance of senior drivers through self-monitoring with a driving diary | | Author(s) | Brian D Kiernan, Daniel J Cox, Boris P Kovatchev |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 16, nos 1/2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 55-64 |
| Source | Haworth Document Delivery Service, Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. |
| Keywords | Driving capability ; Performance ; Daily ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In a study to investigate whether self-monitoring of driving by use of driving diaries would improve driving performance in older drivers, 47 American drivers (20 male, 27 females) aged 59 to 87 (mean age, 71.3) completed 30 consecutive daily driving diaries assessing driving performance and dangerous events. It was also noted that the reported driving of many subjects appeared to improve over time. Driving diaries for the first 4 days were compared with the last 4 days, to assess whether this improvement was statistically significant. Paired t-tests revealed significant improvements in: maintaining steady speed; keeping up with traffic; maintaining lane position; and a trend toward decreased drifting out of lane. McNemar Change Test revealed a significant decrease in the number of subjects encountering dangerous events (i.e. turning the wrong way in one-way streets, slamming on brakes, near collisions, or collisions). On the other hand, subjects reported rolling through stop signs with fairly high frequency, which did not decrease over time, supporting the veracity and consistency of diary reports. The finding that such self-monitoring improved reported driving performance was quite unexpected and requires replication. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826284 A |
| Classmark | OPF: 5H: 4RA: 4C: 7T |
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