title: Adding a driving task to AMPS: A pilot study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Driving a motor vehicle is an important occupation for many individuals, and occupational therapists may be involved in screening and assessing driving. Yet, few "top-down" occupational therapy screening tools have been developed to test driving.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop a driving task to add to the existing occupational therapy assessment, the Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS).
  
  
  METHODS
  This pilot study involved the development and administration of a driving task to 10 healthy older adults, along with 2 existing AMPS tasks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The driving task was found to be of "average" challenge relative to existing AMPS tasks, demonstrated goodness-of-fit with the AMPS criteria, and appeared to measure the same construct as the existing AMPS tasks.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  If the driving task continues to demonstrate acceptable goodness-of-fit in an expanded research study, it could be added to the AMPS, which could potentially be utilized as a "top-down" screening tool for driving.
authors.affiliation: fit.consultants@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Dianna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: M Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Carswell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D009048:Motor Skills; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis