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Maze Test Performance and Reported Driving Ability in Early Dementia

Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University, Brian_Ott{at}mhri.org.

William C. Heindel, PhD

Department of Psychology, Brown University

William M. Whelihan, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

Mark D. Caron, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

Andrea L. Piatt, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

Margaret A. DiCarlo, PhD

Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University

A battery of standard neuropsychological tests examining various features of executive function, attention, and visual perception was administered to 27 subjects with questionable to mild dementia and compared to a 4-point caregiver rating scale of driving ability. Based on the results of this study, a computerized maze task, employing 10 mazes, was administered to a second sample of 40 normal elders and questionable to moderately demented drivers. Comparison was made to the same caregiver rating scale as well as to crash frequency. In the first study of neuropsychological tests, errors on Porteus Mazes emerged as the only significant predictor of driving ability in a stepwise regression analysis. In the follow-up study employing the computerized mazes, all 10 mazes were significantly related to driving ability ratings. Computerized tests of maze performance offer promise as a screening tool to identify potential driving impairment among cognitively impaired elderly and demented drivers. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2003; 16:151-155).

Key Words: driving • dementia • Alzheimer's disease • neuropsychology • cognition

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 16, No. 3, 151-155 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703255688


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