NCT06290037

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

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Automobile Driving

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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)
OTHER	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)
OTHER	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).
OTHER	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-03-15
• Primary completion: 2024-12-31
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2024-03-04
• Last updated: 2024-03-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea