Predicting On-Road Driving Skills, Fitness to Drive, and Prospective Accident Risk in Older Drivers and Drivers with Mild Cognitive Impairment: The Importance of Non-Cognitive Risk Factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

On-road driving behavior can be impaired in older drivers and particularly in drivers with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Objective

To determine whether cognitive and non-cognitive risk factors for driving safety may allow an accurate and economic prediction of on-road driving skills, fitness to drive, and prospective accident risk in healthy older drivers and drivers with MCI, we examined a representative combined sample of older drivers with and without MCI (N = 74) in an observational on-road study. In particular, we examined whether non-cognitive risk factors improve predictive accuracy provided by cognitive factors alone.

Methods

Multiple and logistic hierarchical regression analyses were utilized to predict different driving outcomes. In all regress

SUBMITTER: Toepper M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902978 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature