Validation of Brief Screening Tools to Identify Impaired Driving Among Older Adults in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There is an urgent need to develop evidence-based assessments to identify older individuals who may be unsafe drivers.

Objective

To validate 8 off-road brief screening tests to predict on-road driving ability and to identify which combination of these provides the best prediction of older adults who will not pass an on-road driving test.

Design, setting, and participants

This prognostic study was conducted between October 31, 2013, and May 10, 2017, using the criterion standard for screening tests, an on-road driving test, with analysis conducted from August 1, 2019, to April 2, 2020. A volunteer sample of older drivers was recruited from community advertisements, rehabilitation and driver assessment clinics, and an optometry clinic in Canberra and Brisbane

SUBMITTER: Anstey KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7301240 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature