DEVELOPMENT OF A TEST BATTERY TO IDENTIFY OLDER DRIVERS AT RISK FOR SELF-REPORTED ADVERSE DRIVING EVENTS

This paper describes a study conducted to: 1) develop a battery of tests that assess a wide range of functional abilities relevant to driving yet that can be performed in a clinician's office and 2) determine which tests were most closely associated with self-reported adverse driving events, using a probability sample of 125 noninstitutionalized older persons in New Haven, CT (U.S.). The tests were administered at home by trained interviewers in 1994/95. Of the 125 drivers, 50 had reported an adverse event in a mean period of 5.8 years before the 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. Findings suggest that it may be possible to identify via self reports individuals at risk for adverse driving events in this manner and possibly introduce interventions to correct or compensate for impairments that could cause accidents.

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• Authors:
  • Marottoli, R A
  • Richardson, E D
  • Stowe, M H
  • Miller, E G
  • Brass, L M
  • Cooney Jr, L M
  • Tinetti, M E
• Publication Date: 1998-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 562-568
• Serial:
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
  • ISSN: 0002-8614
  • EISSN: 1532-5415
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1532-5415

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ability tests; Aged; Aged drivers; Attention lapses; Automobile travel; Crash risk forecasting; Driving; High risk drivers; Traffic safety; Visual perception
• Geographic Terms: Connecticut; United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00792514
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 2000 12:00AM