Road test and naturalistic driving performance in healthy and cognitively impaired older adults: Does environment matter?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2056-2062

  Davis, Jennifer D ^a   Papandonatos, George D ^b   Miller, Lindsay A ^a   Hewitt, Scott D ^a   Festa, Elena K ^b   Heindel, William C ^b   Ott, Brian R ^a,c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; dementia; driving; naturalistic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NATURALISTIC DRIVING; ROAD TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84869138193     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04206.x     Document Type: Article

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