Submitted by PPG Gerontologia Biom?dica (geronbio@pucrs.br) on 2017-08-17T13:48:58Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VASQUES_ADRIANA_MACHADO.pdf: 2518120 bytes, checksum: 7a0b3e0350846d9ac6cc0584973c0a19 (MD5) / Rejected by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br), reason: Devolvido devido a falta de capa institucional. on 2017-08-21T12:19:24Z (GMT) / Submitted by PPG Gerontologia Biom?dica (geronbio@pucrs.br) on 2017-08-21T17:07:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 VASQUES_ADRIANA_MACHADO_TESE.pdf: 6462123 bytes, checksum: b1fc71519ef4d65f8d2f3ed44e760d5a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Caroline Xavier (caroline.xavier@pucrs.br) on 2017-08-22T13:29:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 VASQUES_ADRIANA_MACHADO_TESE.pdf: 6462123 bytes, checksum: b1fc71519ef4d65f8d2f3ed44e760d5a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-22T13:50:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 VASQUES_ADRIANA_MACHADO_TESE.pdf: 6462123 bytes, checksum: b1fc71519ef4d65f8d2f3ed44e760d5a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-21 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / With seniors increasing faster than younger populations, the average age of car drivers has gone up, and ageing-associated cognitive decline may interfere with the skills needed for safe driving. However, driving provides autonomy and quality of life, and being considered unfit to perform this task may restrict social life and lead to depression. As such, any restrictive measures should be based on careful assessment; however, the instruments available to evaluate the cognitive functions and the driving performance of the elderly need to be largely improved. Objective: To investigate the cognitive functions of elderly drivers and relate them to performance in a driving simulator, and to identify the most effective parameters of evaluation, thus contributing to traffic safety and to the creation of public policies. Method: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic study, involving 34 elderly drivers evaluated by a driving simulator and cognitive tests (Wechsler Intelligence Scale Codes, Divided Attention Test - TEADI, Trail Making test, Revised Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination - ACE-R and Rey Verbal Learning Test - RAVLT). Results: The tests that evaluate the cognitive functioning, especially those of verbal memory and the visuoconstructive abilities were the ones that demonstrated more relation with the performance in the driving simulator. Conclusions: The comparison between performance in cognitive tests and scores in the drive simulator shows a correlation between both, indicating that the worst performance in the simulator is associated with worse cognitive performance, proving to be a useful instrument to contribute to the evaluation of elderly drivers. / Com o aumento expressivo da popula??o idosa, cresce o n?mero de condutores automotivos em uma faixa et?ria frequentemente acometida por decl?nios cognitivos que podem interferir nas habilidades para uma condu??o segura. Sendo a condu??o automotiva essencial para a manuten??o da autonomia e qualidade de vida e sua interrup??o associada a efeitos negativos como restri??o ? vida social e aumento de sintomas depressivos, sua continuidade ou n?o deveria basear-se em uma avalia??o criteriosa. No entanto, apesar de relevante, ainda n?o foram estabelecidos os instrumentos mais eficazes para avaliar as fun??es cognitivas e o desempenho de idosos na condu??o automotiva. Objetivo: investigar as fun??es cognitivas de motoristas idosos e relacionar com o desempenho em um simulador de dire??o, buscando identificar os par?metros mais eficazes de avalia??o, contribuindo para seguran?a no tr?nsito e para a cria??o de pol?ticas p?blicas. M?todo: estudo do tipo transversal com abordagem descritivo-anal?tica, envolvendo 34 condutores idosos avaliados atrav?s de um simulador de dire??o e testes cognitivos (C?digos, da Escala de intelig?ncia Wechsler, Teste de aten??o Dividida-TEADI, Trail Making teste-TMT, Exame Cognitivo de Addenbrooke Revisado-ACE-R e Teste de aprendizado Verbal de Rey- RAVLT). Resultados: os testes que avaliam o funcionamento cognitivo, especialmente os de mem?ria verbal e as habilidades visuoconstrutivas foram os que mais demonstraram rela??o com o desempenho no simulador de condu??o. Conclus?es: a compara??o entre o desempenho nos testes cognitivos e os escores no simulador de dire??o, evidencia correla??o entre ambos, indicando que o pior desempenho no simulador associa-se ao pior desempenho cognitivo, revelando-se um instrumento ?til para contribuir na avalia??o de condutores idosos.