Effects of Pain on Driving Performance, Attentional Capacity and Psychomotor Performances: a Comparative Study Between Healthy Controls and Chronic Pain Patients.
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- 未指定
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Chronic Pain
- 发起方
- UMC Utrecht
- 入组人数
- 30
- 试验地点
- 1
- 状态
- 终止
- 最后更新
- 20年前
概览
简要总结
It has been suggested that cognitive functioning is impaired in chronic pain patients. Since most of these pain patients engage in daily activities including driving, it was hypothezised that they may have an increased risk of becoming involved in traffic accidents.
详细描述
Most chronic pain patients engage in daily activities including driving. Driving a car is a complex task requiring mental alertness and a variety of cognitive functions such as perception, attention, learning, memory and decision making.Several studies have demonstrated cognitive impairments on laboratory tasks in patients with chronic pain, particularly on measures assessing attentional capacity, processing speed and psychomotor speed. These findings suggest that car driving performance might be impaired, and that chronic pain patients may therefore have an increased traffic accident risk. Unfortunately, no studies have investigated the impact of chronic pain on actual driving ability. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of chronic pain on actual driving performance during normal traffic. In addition to the on-the-road driving test, psychomotor, and memory tests measuring driving-related skills were conducted in the laboratory. Moreover, effects of pain on an attentional capacity test were tested using event-related potentials.
研究者
入排标准
入选标准
- •age driving licence driving experience normal vision right-handed fluently Dutch speaking
排除标准
- •psychological or physical disorder drug or alcohol abuse psychotropic medication use excessive smoking, drinking
结局指标
主要结局
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