Citation

Szlyk JP, Brigell M, Seiple W. Optom. Vis. Sci. 1993; 70(12): 1031-1037.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UIC Eye Center, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8115126

Abstract

PURPOSE. With the use of an interactive driving simulator, we examined the driving performance of older patients with either homonymous or quadrantic hemianopsia with primarily occipital lobe damage resulting from cerebrovascular accidents (CVA's). METHODS. We compared the performance of these patients with that of a normally sighted, age-similar control group and that of a normally sighted younger group. RESULTS. The driving performance of the patients was either worse than, or similar to, that of the older control group; all of the older individuals (both patients and normally sighted subjects) had worse performance than the younger group. CONCLUSIONS. Age-related effects combined with the effects of visual field losses in older patients with cerebrovascular accidents had a negative impact on driving skills.

Language: en