Driving Ability Evaluation System to Improve the Conditional Driving License System: Feasibility Study of High-risk Drivers.

Automobile Driving Clinical Trial

Official title:

Driving Ability Evaluation System to Improve the Conditional Driving License System: Feasibility Study of High-risk Drivers.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06290037
• Other study ID #: 2024-01-003
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 15, 2024
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Seoul National University Hospital
• Contact: Ja-Ho Leigh
• Phone: +82-31-580-5650
• Email: magican1[@]snu.ac.kr
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective of this study is to verify the safety and validity of a VR driving simulator developed for evaluating the driving abilities of elderly drivers.

This study also aims to establish indicators in VR driving simulator to evaluate high-risk group for driving, such as cognitive and physical abilities. Therefore, this study aims to measure the physical driving function, general physical function and cognitive function of elderly drivers. to identify the correlation between their outcomes and the VR driving simulator's result

Description:

VR driving simulator is to evaluate the driving abilities of high-risk drivers, including the elderly and those with medical conditions, potentially prone to incapacitate driving.

It aims to evaluate whether drivers who were anticipated to have impaired driving ability can handle highly risky situations for traffic accidents. The results of this study can be used to make the drivers know their status and encourage them to take safety training. Until now, the evaluation of driving abilities could only be conducted at licensing centers. However, the use of VR technology can eliminate spatial limitations, offering a promising tool for the objective assessment of driving skills.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals over the age of 65 who are currently driving.

• Individuals capable of understanding and following the researcher's instructions.

• Individuals who can understand the purpose of the research and have consented to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who have not signed the consent form.

• Individuals with a history of severe dizziness or epilepsy.

• Patients with restrictions on sitting in a wheelchair or chair for more than 30 minutes.

• Patients with severe shoulder pain.

• Patients whose range of motion in major joints is restricted by more than 50%.

• Pregnant women.

• Patients with pressure sores.

• Patients with limitations on simulator use due to heterotopic ossification.

• Patients with acute fractures.

• Other patients for whom participation in the study is expected difficult.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Automobile Driving

Intervention

Device:
• VR Driving Simulator
Evaluation of usual road driving abilities and assessment of response capabilities in accident-prone situations through a VR driving simulator

Other:
• Computerized Neurocognitive Function Test
Evaluation of cognitive levels including attention and memory (the Trail Making Test, Digit Span Test, Auditory (or Visual) Continuous Performance Test , and Card Sorting)
• Driver Test Station
Conducting qualified tests of a person's basic physical driving ability including steering, acceleration and braking, using Driver Test Station(Autoadapt AB, Stenkullen, Sweden)
• Short Physical Performance Battery
Evaluation of functional capability and provide a measure of the biological age of an older individual by measuring lower extremity physical performance status(standing balance, walking speed, and chair stand tests).
• On-road field driving Test
Researchers and driver's license supervisors ride in the driver's license test vehicle to evaluate the subject's actual driving ability. the validity of the VR simulator by comparing the results of the VR simulator with the actual vehicle driving ability.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Seoul National University Hospital	Seoul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Seoul National University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Feasibility of VR driving simulator	A questionnaire evaluating symptoms of simulator sickness such as dizziness or nausea and comprehension of contents	2 hours
Primary	Driving performance in simulator, measured by driving errors	Driving performance in simulator will be measured by driving errors during VR simluation of driving. These errors will be evaluated based on the criteria used for driving license tests, including violations of traffic laws.	15 minutes