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2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The study on assessing several modalities of driving ability of people with Parkinson's disease

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 24590606
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Medical sociology
Research InstitutionMie University

Principal Investigator

NARITA YUGO  三重大学, 医学部, 教授 (50242954)

Research Collaborator TAMURA Asako  
KATO Natsuko  
Project Period (FY) 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
Keywordsパーキンソン病 / 高次脳機能 / 自動車運転
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To assess the driving ability of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), we evaluated clinical profile by Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Mini Mental State Examination(MMSE),Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Benton visual retention test (Benton), trail making test parts A & B(TMT-A & TMT-B)at the university hospital, and driving data by the CRT (cathode ray tube) examiner and driving simulator at the Driving License Centre, on 10 PD patients and 4 their healthy spouses as controls. There is no difference on MMSE, FAB, TMT-A, TMT-B, or TMT-A/TMT-B. But the number of mistakes of Benton was higher in PD groups than controls (p=0.036). There was significant difference on pedaling time of the CRT examiner between patients and spouses. The direct scoring of videotaped records of each simulation scene according to the criteria (Agnelli A, 2009) showed some correlation with TMT-B, TMT-A/TMT-B or variables of the CRT examiner.

Free Research Field

神経内科学

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Published: 2016-06-03  

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