Attention and driving performance in Alzheimer's disease

被引：114

作者：

Duchek, JM

Hunt, L

Ball, K

Buckles, V

Morris, JC

机构：

[1] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Program Occupat Therapy, St Louis, MO 63108 USA

[2] Maryville Univ, St Louis, MO USA

[3] Univ Alabama, Birmingham, AL USA

[4] Washington Univ, Sch Med, Alzheimers Dis Res Ctr, St Louis, MO USA

来源：

JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES | 1998年 / 53卷 / 02期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1093/geronb/53B.2.P130

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

The present study examined the relationship between visual attention measures and driving performance in healthy older adults and individuals with very mild and mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Subjects were administered an on-road driving assessment and three visual attention tasks (visual search, visual monitoring, and useful field of view). The results indicated that error rate and reaction time during visual search were the best predictors of driving performance. Furthermore, visual search performance was predictive of driving performance above and beyond simple dementia severity and several traditional psychometric tests. The results suggest that general cognitive status may be useful for identifying individuals "at risk" for unsafe driving. However, measures of selective attention may serve to better differentiate safe versus unsafe drivers, especially in the DAT population.

引用

页码：P130 / P141

页数：12