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Driving Evaluation and Fitness for Persons With Cognitive Impairments

NCT04648735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2020-12-04

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Summary

Driving is an important activity for older adults because it frequently relates to personal independence and wellbeing. This study compared the driving behaviors of older drivers with normal cognition and with MCI in unfamiliar driving situations and difficult maneuvers, and explored the practice effect on driving performance of drivers with MCI.

This study used an observational, cross-section research design.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

driving evaluation and practice

The participants completed the actual driving with a licensed driving instructor on the passenger side in the car and with a dual-control, automatic-transmission car. Each participant completed three runs of the same route. The first twos were practices to familiarize themselves with the course. The driving instructor graded them on the third run. Each trial took about 10 minutes. The participants were scored according to governmental driver test guidelines. Scoring on individual driving maneuver is weighted. Depending on the type of error, 8, 16 or 32 points were deducted from 100, for example, 32 points for getting too close to pedestrian lane, running a red light or railroad crossing, and 8 points for stopping in S-curve forward and backward. 70 or above is considered as a pass. The occupational therapists in the backseat recorded driving behaviors, including whether the driver checked rear and side mirrors, excessive sweating, distractibility, number of adjustments, etc.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cheng Kung University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ling-Hui Chang, Ph.D · Department of Occupational Therapy, NCKU

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-08-01
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

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