title: A multidomain approach for predicting older driver safety under in-traffic road conditions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify a battery of tests that predicts safe and unsafe performance on an on-road assessment of driving.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  University laboratory assessment and an on-road driving test.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred seventy community-living adults aged 70 to 88 recruited through the electoral roll.
  
  
  METHODS
  Performance on a battery of multidisciplinary tests and on a standardized measure of on-road driving performance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A combination of three tests from the vision, cognitive, and motor domains, including motion sensitivity, color choice reaction time, postural sway on a compliant foam rubber surface, and a self-reported measure of driving exposure, was able to classify participants into safe and unsafe driver groups with sensitivity of 91% and specificity of 70%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a sample of licensed older drivers, a short battery of tests and a self-reported measure of driving exposure were able to accurately predict driving safety.
authors.affiliation: School of Optometry and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. j.wood@qut.edu.au
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Kaarin J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Anstey
authors.forename: Graham K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: Philippe F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Lacherez
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lord
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011793:Queensland; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014787:Vision Tests