The DriveABLE competence screen as a predictor of on-road driving in a clinical sample

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 200-205

  Korner Bitensky, Nicol ^a,b   Sofer, Susan ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Automobile driving; Disability evaluation; Evaluation studies; Predictive value of tests; Sensitivity and specificity; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISABILITY; DRIVER LICENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66149111443     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2008.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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