Research Article
Impact of External Cue Validity on Driving Performance in Parkinson's Disease
Table 1
Means (and SDs) of demographic and neurocognitive information for PD and control groups.
| | PD | Control | | () | () |
| | Age at testing (yrs) | 68.74 | (6.72) | 68.05 | (7.20) | | Years since diagnosis | 6.74 | (4.51) | — | — | | Age at disease onset | 62.58 | (8.19) | — | — | | UPDRS motor score | 15.37 | (9.86) | — | — | | Driving experience (yrs) | 48.74 | (7.13) | 49.11 | (7.84) | | Education (yrs) | 14.16 | (3.06) | 13.63 | (4.32) | | MMSE score (max 30) | 29.21 | (1.23) | 29.37 | (1.12) | | MADRS score (max 60) | 3.37 | (3.02) | 2.58 | (2.61) | | Digit Span (SS: WMS-III) | 11.74 | (3.38) | 12.42 | (2.71) | | Mental Control (SS: WMS-III) | 12.21 | (2.88) | 13.42 | (2.29) | | Trails A (time in seconds) | 43.05 | (20.20) | 35.74 | (11.56) | | Trails B (time in seconds) | 106.16* | (63.76) | 73.63 | (24.63) | | Trails B-A (time in seconds) | 63.11* | (50.44) | 37.89 | (20.26) | | Hayling (SS) | 4.42 | (1.77) | 5.21 | (1.81) | | Brixton (SS) | 4.74 | (2.13) | 5.84 | (1.50) |
|
|
UPDRS: Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (Max score 108); MMSE: Mini Mental State Exam (Max score 30, cutoff score 23); MADRS: Montgomery and Asberg Depression Rating Scale (Max score 60); Trails B-A: Score derived from subtraction of score for Trails A from Trails B; SS: Scaled score; WMS-III: Wechsler Memory Scale—Third Edition. *: Sig Group difference at 0.05 level.
|
