Predicting driving performance in older adults: We are not there yet!

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 336-341

  Bédard, Michel ^a,b,c   Weaver, Bruce ^a,b   Darzinš, Peteris ^d   Porter, Michelle M ^e  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH'S CARE GROUP   (Canada)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Driving; Older Adults; Prediction; Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE; AGED; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 49449116781     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802117184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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