Effects of Pain on Driving Performance and Cognition.

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2004-01-31

Study Completion Date

2005-04-30

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Chronic Pain

Keywords

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driving, chronic pain, attention

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Interventions

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driving and laboratory tests

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

age driving licence driving experience normal vision right-handed fluently Dutch speaking

Exclusion Criteria

psychological or physical disorder drug or alcohol abuse psychotropic medication use excessive smoking, drinking

Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Principal Investigators

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Edmund Volkerts, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Utrecht, Department of Psychopharmacology

Locations

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Department of Psychopharmacology

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Site Status

Countries

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Netherlands

Other Identifiers

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03/237-E

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id