The Refreshing Older Adults' Driving Skills (ROADSkills) Program

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-10-17

Study Completion Date

2024-07-31

Brief Summary

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Drivers aged 65+ depend on their car(s) to get to the places and see the people that are important to them. Losing a license in later life has been linked to higher rates of loneliness, depression, and even admission to long-term care; a fact that is particularly relevant when considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While drivers in this age group are among the safest on the road, they have one of the highest risks of collision when distance driven is considered and are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Motor vehicle crashes and falls are the top causes of injury-related hospitalizations in seniors. Through a partnership with older adults, driving instructors, and health professionals, we developed the Refreshing Older Adult Driving Skills (ROADSkills) program. This program uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) device that can be placed in people's cars, which can track their real-world, everyday driving patterns, including speeding and hard braking, alongside video data of their behind-the-wheel behaviour. Using this data, a personalized video will be created using information captured by the device in the older driver's car. This study will determine if the older drivers who receive this video feedback perform better than those who do not receive such feedback. Because this is the first time a study will use this type of behavioural intervention, we are interested in hearing from older drivers about their experience of participating in the study. The findings will help us to design a larger, national study of the ROADSkills program in Canada.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Drive

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

2-arm, parallel-group, double-blinded Randomized Controlled trial

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Video recordings of the on-road evaluation wil be scored by an independent (outcomes) assessor blinded to participant identity, group allocation, and whether the drive was from the baseline or after the intervention. Blinding will be enforced by randomly assigning a unique number to each video after a participant has completed their 3 months of driver monitoring. Videos will be forwarded to the rater in batches of 8-10.

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Participants in the intervention group will watch their respective training video individually approximately four to six weeks after their baseline visit. Each training video will be 20-25 minutes in length where they will receive voice-over feedback on their driving from a member of the study team alongside video clips taken from the device of their behind-the-wheel performance. They will also receive a written summary of their feedback to keep at the end of their feedback session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ROADskills program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the intervention arm of the study will watch a 30-minute personalized video on their driving that uses information compiled from a GPS device that will be installed in their vehicle during their baseline visit.

Control group

Four to six weeks after their first baseline visit, control group participants individually will watch a 30-minute (generic) video that describes the benefits and challenges of aging-in-place that discusses the importance of community mobility in later life. At the end of their session, participants will be given a government brochure on this topic.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Healthy Aging

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in active comparator arm of the study will watch a 30-min video and receive a written brochure that provide tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in later life, including the importance of community mobility.

Interventions

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ROADskills program

Participants in the intervention arm of the study will watch a 30-minute personalized video on their driving that uses information compiled from a GPS device that will be installed in their vehicle during their baseline visit.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Aging

Participants in active comparator arm of the study will watch a 30-min video and receive a written brochure that provide tips for maintaining a healthy lifestyle in later life, including the importance of community mobility.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 65-79 to reduce co-intervention bias, as the Ministry of Transportation has a Senior Driver Renewal program that screens drivers aged 80 and older
* Hold a valid driver's license
* Owner and access to insured vehicle
* Speak and understand English fluently
* Visited an optometrist in last two years
* if corrective lens are required for driving, prescriptions should be up-to-date

Exclusion Criteria

* If participated in a recent Randomized Controlled Trial that examined the effectiveness of video-based intervention, will be excluded due to potential for bias
* Known serious or terminal illness or presence of contraindications for driving
* Performance on cognitive screening: 1) score of \< 21 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al., 2005) 2) taking longer than 180 seconds or 3 or more errors on the Trail Making Test B (Bowie \& Harvey, 2006).

Minimum Eligible Age

65 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes