Computer-Based Driving in Dementia Decision Tool With Mail Support: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians often find significant challenges in assessing automobile driving in persons with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia and deciding when to report to transportation administrators. Care must be taken to balance the safety of patients and other road users with potential negative effects of issuing such reports.

Objective

The aim of this study was to assess whether a computer-based Driving in Dementia Decision Tool (DD-DT) increased appropriate reporting of patients with mild dementia or mild cognitive impairment to transportation administrators.

Methods

The study used a parallel-group cluster nonblinded randomized controlled trial design to test a multifaceted knowledge translation intervention. The intervention included a computer-based de

SUBMITTER: Rapoport MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5993977 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature