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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Oct 30;60(11):2056–2062. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04206.x

Table 3.

Road test (RIRT) errors ordered by severity in the overall group.

RIRT Mean Rating
Overall
(N=103)
Controls
(n=44)
Patients
(n=59)
Checks blind spotsa 0.87 0.62 1.06*
Uses mirrors for lane change 0.25 0.13 0.34*
Uses mirrors 0.19 0.08 0.27*
Traffic awarenessa 0.19 0.10 0.26*
Speed controla 0.18 0.14 0.21
Approaches intersection at appropriate speed 0.17 0.19 0.16
Makes complete stopsa 0.17 0.12 0.21
Proceeds timely 0.17 0.09 0.23*
Brakes smoothly and accurately 0.14 0.13 0.15
Lane keepinga 0.14 0.07 0.20*
*

Note. denotes significantly poorer performance in the cognitively impaired group compared to the healthy participants; ratings were made on Likert scale ranging from 0-2 (0=intact; 1=mildly impaired; 2=moderately-severely impaired);

a

indicates overlap with naturalistic errors.