None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
There is good quality evidence that a link exists between negative driving outcomes and ADHD, yet reducing crash and traffic infringement risk for this group of drivers remains problematic. The pilot study aims are to: 1) Determine the magnitude of the between-group and within-subject change in hazard perception skills, reaction time and risk-taking propensity in young drivers with ADHD or ASD exposed to Drive Smart training. 2) Determine if any between-group or within-subject change in hazard perception, risk-taking propensity or reaction time is maintained over time. 3) Estimate the variance of the primary outcome variable to enable sample size calculation. 4) Determine the rate of recruitment and retention of participants in order to establish if a full-scale evaluation of Drive Smart is feasible. Young drivers aged between 16 and 25 years will be randomised to an intervention or control group. Participants in the intervention group will receive a computer training session using a PC-based CD-ROM interactive training program. A second phase is included, in which the control group will receive Drive Smart training as a delayed intervention. This is intended to maximise resources and data collection within the reduced number of participants recruited. This will facilitate investigation of the potential benefits of Drive Smart training beyond the current exposure with participants acting as their own control. An additional benefit of including a second phase is that all participants receive the intervention. This research will contribute to the evidence-base regarding the efficacy of interventions for improving the hazard perception skills of young novice drivers.
Interventions
Both the experimental group and the control will receive one module of a PC-based CD-ROM interactive training product entitled Drive Smart. This is made possible by introducing a second phase in which the control group will receive Drive Smart training as a delayed intervention immediately after receiving the control condition. Participants initially allocated to the control group will now receive Drive Smart training as a delayed intervention and will receive an additional assessment followin
Both the experimental group and the control will receive one module of a PC-based CD-ROM interactive training product entitled Drive Smart. This is made possible by introducing a second phase in which the control group will receive Drive Smart training as a delayed intervention immediately after receiving the control condition. Participants initially allocated to the control group will now receive Drive Smart training as a delayed intervention and will receive an additional assessment following training (4 assessment time points in total). Follow-up will be 6-weeks for all participants. All participants will be asked to complete one module of Drive Smart training (approximately 60 mins, completed on a single occasion). Drive Smart combines groups of exercises with scripted video sequences shot of every day driving scenes. The video sequences combine views through the front windscreen of a car, internal mirror and driver's side external door mirror. Multiple intervention concepts are embedded in the content of Drive Smart such as insight training (the process of increasing driver awareness of skill limitations) and commentary driving. Commentary driving is a technique used in police driver training where the driver gives a running verbal commentary. The commentary combines information about what the driver can see, is thinking and what they are planning to do.
Sponsors
Chris Bruce
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Open (masking not used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Eligible participants will be English speaking and aged 16 to 25 years. Participants will be required to meet diagnostic criteria for ADHD or ASD and this will be confirmed by a doctor's letter. Participants will be required to have participated in some driver training. Participants are excluded if they have had previous experience using a computer based driver training program.
Exclusion criteria
Nil
Outcome results
None listed