Development of a Valid Test Battery for Assessing Driving Ability When Influenced by Drugs.
Summary
The purpose of the validation study is to develop a valid test battery for assessing driving ability in a driving simulator when influenced by drugs. Ethanol has known, well-documented and well-characterized effects on driving behaviour and accident risk, and will be used to assess the simulator test scenarios' sensitivity to drug effects. Once the test scenarios have been refined and their ability to predict driving accident risk have been validated, we plan to use the simulator to assess driving ability under the influence of different drugs suspected to produce driving impairment.
Timeline
- Start
- 2009-09
- Primary completion
- 2009-11
- Completion
- 2010-11
Outcome
Met primary endpoint
paper There was a positive dose-response relationship between higher ethanol concentrations and increases in SDLP in both the simulator and on the test track (p<0.001 for both). PMID 23357031 ↗
Publications
- Results Helland A, Jenssen GD, Lervag LE, Westin AA, Moen T, Sakshaug K, Lydersen S, Morland J, Slordal L. Comparison of driving simulator performance with real driving after alcohol intake: a randomised, single blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial. Accid Anal Prev. 2013 Apr;53:9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.042. Epub 2013 Jan 28.
- Results Helland A, Jenssen GD, Lervag LE, Moen T, Engen T, Lydersen S, Morland J, Slordal L. Evaluation of measures of impairment in real and simulated driving: Results from a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Traffic Inj Prev. 2016;17(3):245-50. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1065975. Epub 2015 Jul 6.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ethanol | Other / unclassified | 2.4 g/kg | Oral |
| Subject | Ethanol | Other / unclassified | 3.6 g/kg | Oral |
Indications
No indication recorded.