Predicting cognitive status in stroke survivors from driving performance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to determine whether simulated driving performance can reliably predict cognitive impairment in stroke survivors.

Methods

Cognitively impaired (n = 35) and normal (n = 54) stroke survivors completed a simulated driving course with reactive, distracted, and route-planning sections. Performance was assessed using lane departures, average speed, brake reaction time, task completion time, and route accuracy.

Results

Logistic regression models correctly distinguished cognitive status in 77.5% of cases for reactive and distracted driving, and 80.9% for route planning. Notably, the route planning task also achieved the highest classification rate of cognitively impaired participants (∼70%). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) a

SUBMITTER: Delmas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12441590 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature