Agreement between Physician's Recommendation and Fitness-to-Drive Decision in Multiple Sclerosis

Maud Ranchet; Abiodun Emmanuel Akinwuntan; Mark Tant; Erin Neal; Hannes Devos

doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2015.06.010

Agreement between Physician's Recommendation and Fitness-to-Drive Decision in Multiple Sclerosis

Maud Ranchet, Abiodun Emmanuel Akinwuntan, Mark Tant, Erin Neal, Hannes Devos

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Objective To investigate the agreement of fitness-to-drive decisions made by the referring physicians and by the on-road assessors in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Design Retrospective analysis. Setting Driving institute. Participants A sample of individuals with MS (N=218) who completed the medical and driving questionnaire and performed an official on-road test. Interventions Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure Fitness-to-drive decision made by the on-road assessor. Results The referring physician and on-road assessor agreed on fitness to drive in 191 (88%) of the cases (prevalence-adjusted and bias-adjusted κ=.81, P

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1840-1844
Number of pages	5
Journal	Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume	96
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2015.06.010
State	Published - Oct 1 2015

Keywords

Automobile driving
Multiple sclerosis
Physician
Rehabilitation

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Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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