title: Interrater Reliability of the Record of Driving Errors (RODE).
abstract: The Record of Driving Errors (RODE) is a novel standardized tool designed to quantitatively document the specific types of driving errors that occur during a standardized performance-based road test. The purpose of this study was to determine interrater reliability between two occupational therapy driver rehabilitation specialists who quantitatively scored specific driving errors using the RODE in a sample of older adults diagnosed with dementia (n=24). Intraclass correlation coefficients of major driving error and intervention categories indicated almost perfect agreement between raters. Using raters with adequate training and similar professional backgrounds, it is possible to have good interrater reliability using the RODE on a standardized road test.
authors.affiliation: Peggy P. Barco, OTD, BSW, OTR/L, SCDC, is Instructor, Program in Occupational Therapy and Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; barcop@wusm.wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Peggy P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Barco
authors.affiliation: David B. Carr, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.affiliation: Kathleen Rutkoski, BS, OTR/L, is Research Assistant, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rutkoski
authors.affiliation: Chengjie Xiong, PhD, is Professor of Biostatistics, Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Chengjie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.affiliation: Catherine M. Roe, PhD, is Research Assistant Professor, Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
authors.forename: Catherine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Roe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D015203:Reproducibility of Results