Research Article

Driving Competence in Mild Dementia with Lewy Bodies: In Search of Cognitive Predictors Using Driving Simulation

Table 1

Differences in simulated driving performance between participants with Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and controls.

Variable classificationVariableDLB groupControl groupdf
Mean DLBSD DLBMean CtrlsSD Ctrls

Intersection behaviourTotal number of traffic light tickets 2.47.520.430.601, 34113.62<.001

SpeedNumber of speed exceedances17.005.6412.244.741, 347.53.01
Over the speed limit percent of time 23.7816.5312.958.041, 346.82.01

Lateral controlTotal number of centerline crossings9.674.342.623.341, 3430.39<.001
Total number of road edge excursions17.8010.437.529.761, 349.17.01
Out of lane percent of time 12.6512.593.465.401, 349.01.01

CrashTotal number of crashes 3.271.751.051.241, 3419.83<.001

Composite indicatorsRater score284.1780.00107.7459.641, 3457.61<.001
Simulator errors57.0718.0327.8616.181, 3425.95<.001