Διακρατικό ΠΜΣ Κλινική Νευροψυχολογία-Νοητικές Νευροεπιστήμες
Library of the School of Health Sciences

2018-07-02

2018

Karagkiolidou Zisia- Zinovia

Παπαγεωργίου Σωκράτης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Πόταγας Κωνσταντίνος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ
Ζαλώνης Ιωάννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Ιατρική, ΕΚΠΑ

The predictive value of brief neuropsychological tests in driving behavior of individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) under low and high traffic conditions

English

The predictive value of brief neuropsychological tests in driving behavior of individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) under low and high traffic conditions

OBJECTIVE: The goal of the present research is to explore the predictive value of brief neuropsychological tests in driving behavior of PD individuals under low and high traffic conditions on a rural driving environment.
METHODS: Nineteen PD individuals (Age:63±11,1years) and 19 healthy controls (Age:60,3±11years) participated in the study. Participants completed neuropsychological measures, including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Clock Drawing Test (CDT), Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Trail Making Test- Trails A& B (TMT A & B), assessing general cognitive ability and executive functions. All individuals underwent a driving simulator experiment, where basic parameters of driving behavior under low and high traffic conditions were measured: average speed, average vehicle distance from the central road axis (lateral position), average distance from the ahead driving vehicle (headway distance) and reaction time towards an unexpected incident.
RESULTS: According to the results of the statistics that are included in this research, significant differences were found in neuropsychological measures and driving performance between PD patients and the control group. There are ten different tables that show the results on healthy individuals and on PD individuals. By applying stepwise multiple linear regression models, using PD individuals, with the neuropsychological tests as predictors, in rural environment and low traffic conditions (LT), the TMT A predicted the average speed and the average headway distance from the vehicle ahead, whereas, in rural environment and high traffic conditions (HT), the exact same driving variables were predicted by the TMT B.
CONCLUSION: The results of the present study indicate that the driving behavior of PD individuals differed significantly from those of healthy individuals. Neuropsychological tests may have a predictive value, especially TMT A& B. Future studies should include a larger sample size and additional assessments of executive functions.

Health Sciences

Parkinson’s disease, Neuropsychological tests, Driving behavior, Healthy individuals, Executive functions

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