Interrater reliability of the Road Law and Road Craft Test as part of the OT-DORA Battery for off-road driver assessment

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 394-398

  Unsworth, Carolyn A ^a,b,c   Pallant, Julie F ^d   Russell, Kay ^e   Odell, Morris ^f   Coulson, Melissa ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e HEIDELBERG REPATRIATION HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Automobile driving; Intraclass correlation coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052086887     PISSN: 03080226     EISSN: 14776006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4276/030802211X13125646370960     Document Type: Article

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