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. 2015 Apr 8;69(3):6903270030p1–6903270030p7. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2015.013631

Table 3.

Caregiver Report of Participants’ Driving Skills, by Relationship

Item Correlation With Error Scores
Road Test Naturalistic Driving
Spouse Adult Child Spouse Adult Child
Gets lost while driving −.49* .16 −.34 .30
Runs red lights −.35 .20 −.40 .38
Runs stop signs −.33 −.14 −.49 −.01
Has trouble staying in the lane or crosses over the center line .13 .38 −.30 .38
Has trouble finding the controls in the vehicle −.28 .49* −.50 .65**
Goes the wrong way on a one-way street −.23 −.18 −.23 −.01
Goes the wrong way on the interstatea
Drives too slowly on a city street −.35 .50* −.40 .68**
Drives too slowly on the interstate −.35 .71** −.32 .69*
Speeds on a city street −.20 .03 −.47 −.17
Speeds on the interstate −.13 −.05 −.17 −.17
Hits or almost hits another vehicle, person, or object −.35 −.07 −.67** −.14
Total −.36 .48* −.56* .54*
a

No caregiver endorsed “goes the wrong way on the interstate,” so no correlations were calculated for this item.

*

p < .05. **p < .01.