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Driving Simulation in the Clinic: Testing Visual Exploratory Behavior in Daily Life Activities in Patients with Visual Field Defects
Published on: September 18, 2012
Who's behind the wheel? Driving with medically intractable epilepsy
Noah J Webster1, Peggy Crawford, Farrah M Thomas
1Department of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. noah.j.webster@case.edu
Objectives:
To examine driving in the context of people with medically intractable epilepsy, a population generally discouraged from driving.
Methods:
This study tested the relationship between a comprehensive set of factors and driving among 190 patients with a currently valid driver's license who were being evaluated for epilepsy surgery.
Results:
Almost one third (32.6%) of the sample reported currently driving. Distributional comparisons by current driving status revealed driving was significantly more prevalent among patients who were employed full-time and those who had not experienced a seizure-related MVA.
Conclusions:
The decision not to drive in the context of a chronic medical condition is complex and influenced by a myriad of factors such as perceived illness susceptibility and severity.
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