None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
This project will examine the best way for health professionals to predict the ability of stroke survivors to safely recommence driving. Many effects of stroke can impair driving ability. Return to driving after a stroke is an important part of maintaining independence. It is therefore important that assessment of these people is readily available and accurate. Examining driving ability on the road is the ‘gold standard’ test; we will investigate what can be measured in a clinical, ‘off-road’ setting to predict safety in the ‘on-road’ test. These include: medical factors (type of stroke, position of stroke, severity of stroke etc.); impact of the stroke on driving ability (vision, concentration, memory, reasoning etc.); and ability to drive in a driving simulator (an artificial driving machine with a screen). We anticipate that we will be able to identify several tests which, alone or together, can help to predict which stroke survivors can safely return to driving.
Interventions
Observation of performance on driving assessments (duration: 3 weeks): occupational therapy assessments- 2 hours, once only, one on one with the occupational therapist (OT); driving simulator test- 1 hour, once only, one on one; on road driving test- 1 hour, once only, one on one with driver OT and driving instructor.
Sponsors
Osborne Park Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
post stroke at point of return to driving
Exclusion criteria
More than 1 year post stroke, unable to give informed consent, Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) <22
Outcome results
None listed