title: Who's behind the wheel? Driving with medically intractable epilepsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine driving in the context of people with medically intractable epilepsy, a population generally discouraged from driving.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study tested the relationship between a comprehensive set of factors and driving among 190 patients with a currently  valid driver's license who were being evaluated for epilepsy surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost one third (32.6%) of the sample reported currently driving. Distributional comparisons by current driving status revealed driving was significantly more prevalent among patients who were employed full-time  and those who had not experienced a seizure-related MVA.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The decision not to drive in the context of a chronic medical condition is complex and influenced by a myriad of factors such as perceived illness susceptibility and severity.
authors: Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. noah.j.webster@case.edu
authors: Noah J
authors: NJ
authors: Webster
authors: Peggy
authors: P
authors: Crawford
authors: Farrah M
authors: FM
authors: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012309:Risk-Taking