Mary Jeghers

Classen, S., Medhizadah, S. & Alvarez, L. (2015). The Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure©: Enabling caregivers to detect at-risk older drivers. Occupational Therapy Now, 17 (5), 12. http://www.caot.ca/otnow/sept15/otnow_9_15.pdf Synopsis: Age-related declines may impact an older adult’s fitness-to-drive. The Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure (FTDS) is a web-based tool designed to assist proxy raters in…

Project Title: Efficacy of a Driving Intervention Program on Safe Community Mobility for Combat Veterans Principal Investigators: Dr. Sherrilene Classen & Dr. Sandra Winter Direct Cost: $174,889.00 Source: Department of Defense Start and End Dates: 10/12/2012 – 03/02/2015 Goal: To test the efficacy of an occupational therapy…

Classen, S., & Brooks, J. (2014). Consensus statements for driving simulators for occupational therapy screening, assessment, and intervention. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 28 (2), 154-162. For assessing operational and tactical driver behaviors, simulator technology can be used to provide safe, objective, and repeatable performance measures. There has been growing…

Classen, S., Monahan M., Auten, B & Yarney, K.A. (2014). Evidence based review of rehabilitation interventions for medically at risk older drivers. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(4), 107- 114. The purpose of this study was to conduct an evidence-based review of intervention studies for older drivers with medical…

Classen, S. (2014). Consensus statements on driving in people with Parkinson’s disease. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 28 (2), 140-147. Synopsis: Parkinson’s disease (PD) can lead to motor and non-motor impairments that may affect fitness to drive. It has been suggested that individuals with PD may exhibit driving difficulty…

Classen, S., Monahan M., & Brown, K. (2014). Indicators of simulated driving performance in teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT), Vol. 2, Iss. 1, Art. 3. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1066 Synopsis: Teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be involved…

Classen, S., Monahan M., & Brown, K. (2014). Indicators of simulated driving performance in teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT), Vol. 2, Iss. 1, Art. 3. Available at: http:// scholarworks.wmich.edu/ojot/vol2/iss1/3. Synopsis: Teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are four times more likely…

Classen, S. (2014). Summary of an evidence-based review on interventions for medically at risk older drivers. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 28 (2), 223-228.
 Synopsis: This paper provides occupational therapy practitioners with clinically applicable recommendations and intervention strategies based on the findings of an evidence-based review previously conducted to determine…

Yoon-Ju Jeong, Min-Ye Jung, Eun-Young Yoo, Ji-Hyuk Park, Classen, S., & Winter S. Development and reliability of Korean Safe Driving Behavior Measure (K-SDBM) (2014). The Journal of Korean Society of Occupational Therapy, 22(3), 57-68. Synopsis: This study developed and tested the reliability of a Korean Safe Driving Behaviour Measure (now…

Classen, S., Monahan, M., Canonizado, M., & Winter, S.M. (2014). An occupational therapy driving intervention’s utility for a combat veteran. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 68(4), 405-411.doi: 10.5014/ajot.2014.010041 Synopsis: After returning to civilian life many combat veterans are injured in motor vehicle collisions, however, little evidence of effective driving…