01625nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001300056700001300069700001400082700001600096700001300112700001600125700001200141700002100153245005400174250001500228300001100243490000700254520108800261020004601349       2010                            d1 aKeay Lisa1 aGower E.1 aMunro C.1 aTurano K.1 aJefferys J.1 aMunoz B.1 aLyketsos C.1 aWest S.1 aBandeen-Roche K.00aPredictors of lane-change errors in older drivers  a2010/04/20  a457-640 v583 a<p>
OBJECTIVES: To determine the factors that predict errors in executing proper lane changes among older drivers. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analysis of data from a longitudinal study. SETTING: Maryland's Eastern Shore. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand eighty drivers aged 67 to 87 enrolled in the Salisbury Eye Evaluation Driving Study. MEASUREMENTS: Tests of vision, cognition, health status, and self-reported distress and a driving monitoring system in each participant's car, used to quantify lane-change errors. RESULTS: In regression models, measures of neither vision nor perceived stress were related to lane-change errors after controlling for age, sex, race, and residence location. In contrast, cognitive variables, specifically performance on the Brief Test of Attention and the Beery-Buktenicka Test of Visual-Motor Integration, were related to lane-change errors. CONCLUSION: The current findings underscore the importance of specific cognitive skills, particularly auditory attention and visual perception, in the execution of driving maneuvers in older individuals.
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