Predicting older adults' driving difficulties using the Roadwise Review.
The Roadwise Review has been reported to provide an effective means of self-assessing and predicting driving difficulties in older adults. We administered it to 73 community-dwelling older drivers (M = 73 years) and also gathered data on self-reported driving difficulties, 2-year retrospective collisions, and moving violations. The acuity tests and Useful Field of View exhibited substantial ceiling effects that limit predictive utility, and there was a high failure rate on the head and neck flexibility test. Additionally, the Roadwise Review did not predict self-reported driving problems or collision risk. Thus, in current form, it does not appear to be a useful tool for assessing older drivers. Future research efforts should assess predictive validity in a more heterogeneous sample of older adults and with a broader range of outcomes, including on-road driving performance.
Scialfa
Charles
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Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4 Canada. scialfa@ucalgary.ca
Ference
Jennifer
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Boone
Jessica
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Tay
Richard
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Hudson
Carl
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000592:standards; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D019416:Head Movements / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014787:Vision Tests