Prediction of Fitness to Drive in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia.

ABSTRACT: The number of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing and so is the number of patients driving a car. To enable patients to retain their mobility while at the same time not endangering public safety, each patient should be assessed for fitness to drive. The aim of this study is to develop a method to assess fitness to drive in a clinical setting, using three types of assessments, i.e. clinical interviews, neuropsychological assessment and driving simulator rides. The goals are (1) to determine for each type of assessment which combination of measures is most predictive for on-road driving performance, (2) to compare the predictive value of clinical interviews, neuropsychological assessment and driving simulator evaluation and (3) to determine which combination of these assessm

SUBMITTER: Piersma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4766198 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature