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Cognitive prerequisites for fitness to drive: Norm values for the TMT, UFOV and NorSDSA tests
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle. Department or Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8026-5591
Department of Geriatric Medicine and Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7669-0939
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9045-3086
2020 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, ISSN 1103-8128, E-ISSN 1651-2014, Vol. 27, no 3, p. 231-239Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Background: Fitness-to-drive assessment is a growing area for occupational therapists. There are few off-road tests specially developed to assess fitness to drive, and several cognitive tests have no age-specific norms.

Aims/objectives: The aim was to identify and describe age-related norm values for the Trail Making Test, Nordic Stroke Driver Screening Assessment and Useful Field of View test, and to study inter-correlation between test results.

Materials and methods: The sample included 410 volunteers; 149 men and 261 women, mean age 52 +/- 16.8 years. Commonly used off-road tests were used: TMT A and B, UFOV and NorSDSA.

Results: Normative data for the specific subtests and total score for NorSDSA and UFOV are provided and presented in four age groups. Age correlated with the results for most of the subtests.

Conclusions: Off-road cognitive test scores are necessary and valuable for occupational therapists in their contribution to the final decision on continued driving. In clinical practice, it can be difficult to interpret cognitive test results when working with driving assessments. Age-based norm values are suggested to be a way to provide clinicians with a benchmark against which scores can be compared.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2020. Vol. 27, no 3, p. 231-239
Keywords [en]
Fitness to drive, Cognition, Age, Health, Field of vision
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Occupational Therapy
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80 Road: Traffic safety and accidents, 84 Road: Road users
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-14011DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2019.1614214ISI: 000470419300001PubMedID: 31088186Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85065795938OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-14011DiVA, id: diva2:1343713
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VinnovaÖstergötland County CouncilMedical Research Council of Southeast Sweden (FORSS)
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Research funding also provided by Swedish Transport Agency.

Available from: 2019-08-19 Created: 2019-08-19 Last updated: 2024-07-23Bibliographically approved

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