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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Occup Ther. 2010 Mar–Apr;64(2):268–278. doi: 10.5014/ajot.64.2.268

Table 4.

Potential for safe driving as judged by the occupational therapist

Drivers with Normal Fields Hemianopia p-value normal visual field vs. hemianopia Quadrantanopia p-value normal visual field vs. quadrantanopia
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Non-interstate driving N=30 N=22 .0098 N=8 .0497
 Yes, with no restrictions 30 (100) 16 (72.7) 7 (87.5)
 Yes, but with restrictions 0 (0) 1 (4.6) 0 (0)
 No 0 (0) 5 (22.7) 1 (12.5)
Interstate driving1 N=29 N=12 .5049 N = 7 .356
 Yes, with no restrictions 28 (96.6) 11 (91.7) 6 (85.7)
 Yes, but with restrictions 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (14.3)
 No 1 (3.4) 1 (8.3) 0 (0)
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10 hemianopic drivers, 1 quadrantanopic drivers, and 1 driver with normal visual fields were not evaluated on the interstate.