Prospective Validation of a Screening Tool to Identify Older Adults in Need of a Driving Evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To prospectively validate and refine the 5-item "CRASH" screening tool for identifying older drivers needing a behind-the-wheel (BTW) test.

Design

Prospective observational study.

Setting

Geriatric and internal medicine primary care clinics affiliated with a tertiary care hospital and a local BTW program.

Participants

Cognitively intact drivers aged 65 and older (N = 315).

Measurements

Participants completed baseline questionnaire (including CRASH tool) and assessments and BTW test (evaluator blinded to questionnaire results) and participated in 1-month telephone follow-up. Analysis included descriptive statistics and examination of predictive ability of the CRASH tool to discriminate normal (pass) from abnormal (conditional pass or fail) on t

SUBMITTER: Betz ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809263 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature