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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 4.

Naturalistic driving errors (CDAS) ordered by severity in the overall group.

CDAS items Mean Rating
Overall
(n=103)
Controls
(n=44)
Patients
(n=59)
Checks blind spotsa 0.77 0.41 1.03*
Makes complete stopsa 0.64 0.60 0.67
Pays attention 0.51 0.48 0.54
Awareness of driving on others 0.51 0.32 0.66
Responds to signage 0.48 0.36 0.56
Lane keepinga 0.42 0.34 0.48
Appropriate response to emergency vehicles 0.38 0.25 0.47
Traffic awarenessa 0.38 0.25 0.47
Right turn 0.37 0.14 0.54*
Speed controla 0.36 0.32 0.39
*

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 road test errors.