Highlights Predictors of at-risk older drivers were evaluated in an on-road pilot study. Useful field of view (UFOV) subtest 2 was the best single predictor. An optimal 4-test combination had 95% specificity and 80% sensitivity. It included: visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, UFOV-2 and Mini-Mental State Exam.

    Abstract Objectives To conduct a pilot study to evaluate the predictive value of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test (MoCA) and a brief test of multiple object tracking (MOT) relative to other tests of cognition and attention in identifying at-risk older drivers, and to determine which combination of tests provided the best overall prediction. Methods Forty-seven currently licensed drivers (58–95 years), primarily from a clinical driving evaluation program, participated. Their performance was measured on: (1) a screening test battery, comprising MoCA, MOT, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Trail-Making Test, visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, and Useful Field of View (UFOV) and (2) a standardized road test. Results Eighteen participants were rated at-risk on the road test. UFOV subtest 2 was the best single predictor with an area under the curve (AUC) of .84. Neither MoCA nor MOT was a better predictor of the at-risk outcome than either MMSE or UFOV, respectively. The best four-test combination (MMSE, UFOV subtest 2, visual acuity and contrast sensitivity) was able to identify at-risk drivers with 95% specificity and 80% sensitivity (.91 AUC). Conclusions Although the best four-test combination was much better than a single test in identifying at-risk drivers, there is still much work to do in this field to establish test batteries that have both high sensitivity and specificity.


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    Title :

    Can we improve clinical prediction of at-risk older drivers?



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    Publication date :

    2013-06-30


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    11 pages




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


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    English





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