THE PROBLEM OF CARRYING OUT PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF DRIVING APTITUDE ON DIALYSIS PATIENTS

ZUM PROBLEM VERKEHRSPYSYCHOLOGISCHER KRAFTFAHRTAUGLICHKEITSUNTERSUCHUNGEN VON DIALYSEPATIENTEN

17 PATIENTS UNDERGOING REGULAR DIALYSIS TREATMENT 3 TIMES A WEEK AT A CLINIC WERE SUBJECTED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS BEFORE AND AFTER DIALYSIS, WITH RESPECT TO POWERS OF OBSERVANCE AND CONCENTRATION, AND TESTED DURING DIALYSIS THROUGH THE USE OF PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRES. IN ADDITION THE PERFORMANCE AND PERSONALITY OF A GROUP OF 28 PATIENTS WHO WERE VEHICLE DRIVERS WERE EXAMINED; THESE PATIENTS HAD COMPLETED A FULL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION FOR EVALUATING DRIVING APTITUDE. IT WAS FOUND THAT, IN COMPARISON TO HEALTHY PEOPLE (RANDOM SAMPLE), BOTH GROUPS WERE STANDARD WITH RESPECT TO SHORT TERM OBSERVATIONS AND PERFORMANCE IN CONCENTRATION TESTS, BUT THAT THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT DEVIATIONS FROM THE NORM IN VISUAL DIFFERENTIATION PERFORMANCE AND IN WORKING RATE UNDER CONCENTRATED STRESS. PERSONALITY CHANGES WHICH MIGHT BE CAUSED BY NEUROSIS WERE NOT ESTABLISHED. FOR THE PATIENTS IN THE CLINIC THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT IN OBSERVATION AND CONCENTRATION PERFORMANCE BEFORE AND AFTER DIALYSIS.

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  • Accession Number: 01289248
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:41AM