Driving Performance After Deep Sedation for Outpatient Endoscopy
- Registration Number
- NCT04948385
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Liege
- Brief Summary
Many drugs used during anesthesia can reduce alertness and therefore present potential risks when driving a vehicle (risk of accident). Some scientific societies recommend not driving for 12 to 24 hours after sedation or general anesthesia. However, there are conflicting data in the literature showing that general anesthesia in healthy volunteers does not impair driving ability as early as 2 hours after the end of anesthesia.
This need not to drive requires the outpatient to have an escort. Unfortunately, some patients find it difficult to benefit from an adult escort, which can lead to last minute cancellations, absences or the need for a classic overnight hospital stay.
The main objective of the study is to compare with a simulator the driving performances of patients who have benefited from deep sedation for an outpatient endoscopic digestive procedure when they have met the discharge criteria to the performances of their escorts in order to determine if the conditions are as safe to let them drive home.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
- Presence of a driver license
- Unavailabilty of the escort for the duration of the examination
- No driving for the past 5 years
- Refusal of participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Escorts No sedation Accompanying persons are the adults who accompany the patients home. They do not receive any medication or intervention. Patients Propofol Deep sedation for digestive endoscopy.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Number of collisions until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of times over the speed limit until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of crossings of the median line until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Percentage of distance out of traffic lane until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of passages on the shoulder until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of stops at traffic lights until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of collisions with a pedestrian until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Percentage of speeding time until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of speeding ticket until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Percentage of time out of traffic lane until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Percentage of speeding distance until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of broken stops until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Travel time until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour. Number of traffic light ticket until the end of the driving test, an average of 1 hour.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) Within 10 minutes after driving test with simulator 9-points scale : 1 (extremely alert) to 9 (very sleepy)
STOP-Bang questionnaire (Snoring, Tired, Observed, Pressure, Body Mass index > 35, Age, Neck size, Gender) Within 30 minutes before driving test with simulator 0 to 8 points (0 = low risk to 8 = high risk of sleep apnea)
Beck II Depression inventory score (BDI-II) Within 30 minutes before driving test with simulator 21 items - 0 to 3 points by item - 0 (minimal) to 63 (severe depression)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Liege
🇧🇪Liège, Belgium