Discussing Driving Concerns with Older Patients II: Vision Care Providers Approaches to Assessment

This article reports on a study undertaken to characterize situations that prompt vision care providers (VCPs) to ask about their older patients’ driving. The authors conducted a survey among a random sample of 500 VCPs who were active members of Michigan professional organizations and who had patients in their practice who were 65 years or older. The surveys were returned from 404 respondents. Situations that prompted VCPs to ask patients about driving included poor visual function, inquiries from the patient or family, and requests from the state. The providers used visual acuity and peripheral vision testing, supplemented by other ocular test results and nonocular information, to help determine driving safety. The authors note that providers often asked patients about night driving, reading road signs, and experiencing glare, but not about driving tasks such as making left turns. The authors conclude by recommending that VCPs be educated on useful resources and patient testing methods to better assess visual aspects associated with safe driving.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamaophthalmol.106
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Musch, David C
  • Janz, Nancy K
  • Leinberger, Rebecca L
  • Niziol, Leslie M
  • Gillespie, Brenda W
• Publication Date: 2013-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 213-218
• Serial:
  • JAMA Ophthalmology
  • Volume: 131
  • Issue Number: 2
  • ISSN: 2168-6165
  • EISSN: 2168-6173
  • Serial URL: http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/journal.aspx

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Night vision; Physicians; Risk assessment; Vision; Vision disorders; Vision tests
• Geographic Terms: Michigan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01492218
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 3 2013 12:32PM