The SIMARD-MD is not an Effective Driver Screening Tool for Determining Fitness-To-Drive.

Background Studies have reported poor sensitivity and specificity of the Screen for the Identification of Cognitively Impaired Medically At-Risk Drivers, a modification of the DemTech (SIMARD-MD) to screen for drivers with cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the...

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Publicado en:Canadian Geriatrics Journal Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 14 - 22
Autores principales: Crizzle, Alexander M., Mullen, Nadia, Mychael, Diane, Meger, Natasha, Toxopeus, Ryan, Gibbons, Carrie, Ostap, Simeon, Dubois, Sacha, Bédard, Michel
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Publicado: Canadian Geriatrics Society Mar2021
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          Crizzle, Alexander M.
          Mullen, Nadia
          Mychael, Diane
          Meger, Natasha
          Toxopeus, Ryan
          Gibbons, Carrie
          Ostap, Simeon
          Dubois, Sacha
          Bédard, Michel
        affil: School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
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          Cognition Disorders Diagnosis
          Automobile Driving Psychosocial Factors
          Physical Fitness Evaluation
          Automobile Driver Examination Evaluation
          Health Screening
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          Comparative Studies
          ROC Curve
          Descriptive Statistics
          Confidence Intervals
          Sensitivity and Specificity
          Validation Studies
          Neuropsychological Tests
          Predictive Validity
          Aged: 65+ years
      ab: Background Studies have reported poor sensitivity and specificity of the Screen for the Identification of Cognitively Impaired Medically At-Risk Drivers, a modification of the DemTech (SIMARD-MD) to screen for drivers with cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the SIMARD-MD can accurately predict pass/fail on a road test in drivers with cognitive impairment (CI) and healthy drivers. Methods Data from drivers with CI were collected from two comprehensive driving assessment centres (n=86) and compared with healthy drivers (n=30). All participants completed demographic measures, clinical measures, and a road rest (pass/fail). Analyses consisted of correlations between the SIMARD-MD and the other clinical measures, and a receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve to determine the predictive ability of the SIMARD-MD. Results All healthy drivers passed the road test compared with 44.2% of the CI sample. On the SIMARD-MD, the CI sample scored significantly worse than healthy drivers (p < .001). The ROC curve showed the SIMARD-MD, regardless of any cut-point, misclassified a large number of CI individuals (AUC=.692; 95% CI = 0.578, 0.806). Conclusions Given the high level of misclassification, the SIMARD-MD should not be used with either healthy drivers or those with cognitive impairment for making decisions about driving.
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