Older driver fitness-to-drive screening in primary care clinics (as part of a tiered assessment system with further testing of screen-positive individuals) may help balance older driver mobility and safety. Ideally, participants should be recruited from the site where an intervention will be implemented, but most prior studies of older driver screening or assessment have used convenience sampling from unique populations (e.g., specialist clinics or behind-the-wheel (BTW) evaluation programs) or from the general community and have not reported participation rates. The goal of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility of recruiting older drivers from outpatient primary care clinics for an off-site BTW evaluation and estimate eligibility and completion rates. It is planned to recruit people from primary care settings in a larger study to validate a screening tool for use in these settings. (Author/publisher)
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