@article{ref1,
title="Vision-related fitness to drive mobility scooters: a practical driving test",
journal="Journal of rehabilitation medicine",
year="2017",
author="Cordes, Christina and Heutink, Joost and Tucha, Oliver M. and Brookhuis, Karel A. and Brouwer, Wiebo H. and Melis-Dankers, Bart J. M.",
volume="49",
number="3",
pages="270-276",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To investigate practical fitness to drive mobility scooters, comparing visually impaired participants with healthy controls. <br><br>DESIGN: Between-subjects design. SUBJECTS: Forty-six visually impaired (13 with very low visual acuity, 10 with low visual acuity, 11 with peripheral field defects, 12 with multiple visual impairment) and 35 normal-sighted controls. <br><br>METHODS: Participants completed a practical mobility scooter test-drive, which was recorded on video. Two independent occupational therapists specialized in orientation and mobility evaluated the videos systematically. <br><br>RESULTS: Approximately 90% of the visually impaired participants passed the driving test. On average, participants with visual impairments performed worse than normal-sighted controls, but were judged sufficiently safe. In particular, difficulties were observed in participants with peripheral visual field defects and those with a combination of low visual acuity and visual field defects. <br><br>CONCLUSION: People with visual impairment are, in practice, fit to drive mobility scooters; thus visual impairment on its own should not be viewed as a determinant of safety to drive mobility scooters. However, special attention should be paid to individuals with visual field defects with or without a combined low visual acuity. The use of an individual practical fitness-to-drive test is advised.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1650-1977",
doi="10.2340/16501977-2194",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2194"
}