Predicting Risk of Motor Vehicle Collisions in Patients with Glaucoma: A Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the ability of longitudinal Useful Field of View (UFOV) and simulated driving measurements to predict future occurrence of motor vehicle collision (MVC) in drivers with glaucoma.

Design

Prospective observational cohort study.

Participants

117 drivers with glaucoma followed for an average of 2.1 ± 0.5 years.

Methods

All subjects had standard automated perimetry (SAP), UFOV, driving simulator, and cognitive assessment obtained at baseline and every 6 months during follow-up. The driving simulator evaluated reaction times to high and low contrast peripheral divided attention stimuli presented while negotiating a winding country road, with central driving task performance assessed as "curve coherence". Drivers with MVC during follow-up were iden

SUBMITTER: Gracitelli CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591330 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature