TABLE OF CONTENTS

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
LITERATURE REVIEW
	INTRODUCTION
	MEDICATION/POLYPHARMACY EFFECTS ON OLDER PERSONS
	MEASURING/MONITORING MEDICATION USAGE
	METHODS TO MEASURE DRIVING PERFORMANCE
BRAINSTORMING SESSION
	INTRODUCTION
	RESULTS
		Topic Area 1: What Are the Effects of Combinations of Medicines on Functional Abilities Key to Safe Driving?
		Topic Area 2:  What Are the Most Feasible and Reliable Means of Monitoring/Measuring Medication Use?
		Topic Area 3:  What Are the Most Practical and Valid Ways of Assessing the Impact of Medication Usage on Actual Driving Performance?
		Topic Area 4:  What Are the Potential Barriers—Legal, Ethical, and Practical—to the Participation of Older Persons in Studies of Medication Use and Driving
FOCUS GROUPS
	INTRODUCTION
		Location
		Participants
		Focus Group Protoco
	RESULTS
		Methods of Identifying Medication Use
		Methods of Measuring Driving Performance
		Barriers to Participation
		Incentives to Increase Participation
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
	CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF DRUG/MEDICATION EFFECTS AND FUTURE RESEARCH FOCUS
	MEASURING/MONITORING DRUG/MEDICATION USE BY OLDER PERSONS
	ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF DRUG/MEDICATION USE ON DRIVING PERFORMANCE
	IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING BARRIERS TO RESEARCH PARTICIPATION BY OLDER PERSONS
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A:   Potentially Inappropriate Medications Commonly Prescribed for Older, Community-Dwelling Individuals   APPENDIX B: Brainstorming Session Attendees   APPENDIX C: Brainstorming Rating Scale Results: Methods for Identifying Medication Use   APPENDIX D: Brainstorming Rating Scale Results Methods of Measuring Compliance to the Medication Regime   APPENDIX E:  Brainstorming Rating Scale Results Older People’s Willingness to Participate as a Function of Method of Measuring Medication Use   APPENDIX F:  Brainstorming Rating Scale Results Methods of Measuring Driving Performance   APPENDIX G: Brainstorming Rating Scale Results Older People’s Willingness to Participate as a Function of Method Used to Measure Driving Performance   APPENDIX H: Focus Group Screener   APPENDIX I:  Focus Group Discussion Guide
LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Results of the Card-Sorting Task for Methods of Identifying Medication Use Table 2. Results of the Card-Sorting Task for Methods of Measuring Driving Performance LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1.  Percent of Discussants Willing to Participate as a Function of Method Used to Collect Medication Use and Participant Age Group Figure 2.  Mean Rating for Methods of Identifying Medication Use, when Methods were Deemed Acceptable Figure 3.  Percent of Discussants Willing to Participate as a Function of Method Used to Measure Driving Performance and Participant Age Group Figure 4.  Mean Rating for Methods of Measuring Driving Performance, when Methods were Deemed Acceptable