Relationships Between Cognitive and Driving Self-Awareness in Older Drivers

Autor: Chantal Chavoix, Laurence Paire-Ficout, Colette Fabrigoule, Marion Hay, Amandine Coquillat, Sylviane Lafont
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Ergonomie et Sciences Cognitives pour les Transports (TS2-LESCOT ), Université Gustave Eiffel, Unité Mixte de Recherche Epidémiologique et de Surveillance Transport Travail Environnement (UMRESTTE UMR_T9405), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Gustave Eiffel, Mobilités : Vieillissement, Pathologie, Santé (COMETE), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Sommeil, Attention et Neuropsychiatrie [Bordeaux] (SANPSY), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-CHU de Bordeaux Pellegrin [Bordeaux]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), SafeMove, ANR
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, The Gerontological Society of America, 2020, 27 p. ⟨10.1093/geronb/gbaa224⟩
ISSN: 1079-5014
1758-5368
Popis: Objectives Many older drivers incorrectly estimate their driving ability. The present study aimed to determine whether, and if so, to what extent unawareness of cognitive abilities affects self-awareness of driving ability. Method Two successive studies were conducted in older drivers. A cohort study investigated cognitive self-awareness and an experimental study examined driving self-awareness. In each one, self-awareness was assessed by cross-analyzing objective (respectively Trail-Making Tests A and B and the Digit Symbol Substitution Test and driving performance of on-road assessment) and subjective data (responses about everyday cognitive skills and driving ability). Older drivers were then classified as being over-, correct, or underestimators. The 3 cognitive and driving self-awareness profiles were then cross-analyzed. Results In the cohort study, 1,190 drivers aged 70 years or older were included. The results showed that 42.7% of older drivers overestimated their cognitive ability, 42.2% estimated it correctly, and 15.1% underestimated it. The experimental study included 145 participants from the cohort. The results showed that 34% of participants overestimated, 45% correctly estimated, and 21% underestimated their driving ability. There was a significant relationship between cognitive and driving self-awareness profiles (p = .02). This overlap was more marked in overestimators. Discussion Significant overlap between cognitive and driving self-awareness provides useful and new knowledge about driving in the aging population. Misestimation of cognitive ability could hamper self-awareness of driving ability, and consequently self-regulation of driving. It is now crucial to develop measures that promote self-awareness of ability.
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