Dementia and road test performance.

Author(s)
Hunt, L.A.
Year
Abstract

This paper presents a study of the problems associated with the driving performance of persons with Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type (SDAT). The driving skills of persons in the questionable and mild stages of dementia using an in-car, on-the-road assessment were examined. The subject also assessed their own driving skills. The results of the study were that 50% of those with mild dementia did not pass the driving assessment while all of the controls and all of the questionably demented subjects passed the test. The occurence of crashes was not significantly correlated with dementia severity ordisease duration.

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C 2231 (In: C 2189 c S) /83 / IRRD 860189
Source

In: Proceedings of the Conference Strategic Highway Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Gothenburg, Sweden, September 18-20, 1991, VTI rapport 372 A, Volume 3, p. 135-147, 4 ref.

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