The effectiveness of online education, feedback and lessons to improve older driver safety.

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Driving safety and crash risk prevention in older drivers; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622001515785
• Lead Sponsor: euroscience Research Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-06
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 124

Inclusion Criteria

1.Hold a current driver’s licence and willing to provide the driver’s licence number, expiry date and conditions to the research team.
2.Be available for the duration of the intervention
3.Drive a vehicle that has at least third-party insurance and willing to show the certificate for verification
4.Have not completed an older driver refresher course in the last 5 years, and
5.Have sufficient English language skills to complete the written questionnaires and follow verbal instructions.
6. Lives in Sydney metropolitan area.
; 1.Hold a current driver’s licence and willing to provide the driver’s licence number, expiry date and conditions to the research team.
2.Be available for the duration of the intervention
3.Drive a vehicle that has at least third-party insurance and willing to show the certificate for verification
4.Have not completed an older driver refresher course in the last 5 years, and
5.Have sufficient English language skills to complete the written questionnaires and follow verbal instructions.
6. Lives in Sydney metropolitan area.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Significant cognitive impairment (likely to impact participation) (MoCA <23)
2.Other serious mental or physical health conditions that would prevent full participation in the study or require medications that impair driving ability (e.g., major stroke, current cancer treatment, antipsychotic medication, narcotic pain medication, significant visual field loss)
3.Vision impairment, and
4.High scores on the baseline ORT DSR (>8/10) occurring in 10% of our previous studies.
5.Very low scores on the baseline ORT DSR (<3/10) occurring in 5% of our previous studies.
; 1.Significant cognitive impairment (likely to impact participation) (MoCA <23)
2.Other serious mental or physical health conditions that would prevent full participation in the study or require medications that impair driving ability (e.g., major stroke, current cancer treatment, antipsychotic medication, narcotic pain medication, significant visual field loss)
3.Vision impairment, and
4.High scores on the baseline ORT DSR (>8/10) occurring in 10% of our previous studies.
5.Very low scores on the baseline ORT DSR (<3/10) occurring in 5% of our previous studies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified