TY - JOUR PY - 2008// TI - A multidomain approach for predicting older driver safety under in-traffic road conditions JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society A1 - Wood, Joanne M. A1 - Anstey, Kaarin J. A1 - Kerr, G. K. A1 - Lacherez, Philippe F. A1 - Lord, Sarah SP - 986 EP - 993 VL - 56 IS - 6 N2 - OBJECTIVES: To identify a battery of tests that predicts safe and unsafe performance on an on-road assessment of driving. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: University laboratory assessment and an on-road driving test. PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred seventy community-living adults aged 70 to 88 recruited through the electoral roll. MEASUREMENTS: Performance on a battery of multidisciplinary tests and on a standardized measure of on-road driving performance. RESULTS: A combination of three tests from the vision, cognitive, and motor domains, including motion sensitivity, color choice reaction time, postural sway on a compliant foam rubber surface, and a self-reported measure of driving exposure, was able to classify participants into safe and unsafe driver groups with sensitivity of 91% and specificity of 70%. CONCLUSION: In a sample of licensed older drivers, a short battery of tests and a self-reported measure of driving exposure were able to accurately predict driving safety.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0002-8614 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01709.x ID - ref1 ER -