Clinical trial NCT02903147: The Efficacy of a Functional Meta-Cognitive Intervention to Improve Human Factors of Professional Drivers
Official title: The Efficacy of a Functional Meta-Cognitive Intervention to Improve Human Factors of Professional Drivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Human Risk Factors
Driving Behavior
Meta-cognition
Keywords: IVDR; driving behavior patterns; Meta-Cognitive Intervention
Lead sponsor: Tel Aviv University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2016-09-16
Enrollment: 77
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The objective of the study is to examine the effectiveness of a functional-meta-cognitive intervention program to reduce driving risk factors amongst professional bus drivers.

Detailed description: In Israel, the percentage of professional drivers involved in lethal car accidents is high in relation to their number on the roads. Every car accident involving a bus driver could potentially put at risk the lives of tens of passengers, and cause damages both direct and indirect at high costs. Due to the high risk of the bus drivers and their passengers, it is highly important to identify and improve the driving characteristics which are necessary for safer driving of said drivers. Many studies have assessed and identified the risk factors of safe driving, but there is relatively little research-based evidence concerning the ability to improve the driving skills of drivers in general and in particular of bus drivers, which are considered a high risk group.

According to the National Road Safety Authority, 88% of road accidents are caused by driver errors. Therefore, the real challenge is to provide a better understanding in the role of human factors in causing road accidents to try and develop a variety of effective interventions to reduce these risk factors. This understanding can contribute both to a better assessment of professional drivers' driving fitness and to intervene accordingly. In this study, we have focused on main aspects that exist in relevant literature and are human risk factors: Cognitive-perceptual, ergonomic and personality risk factors, and checked the connection between these risk factors and actual monitored driving scores as recorder by an In-Vehicle Data Recorder (IVDR). In addition, we examined the effectiveness of a functional-meta-cognitive intervention program designed to increase drivers' awareness to their way of driving. The research model is based on previous driving models and the guiding occupational therapy practice framework model in Israel, while adjusting the model to the professional driving in public transportation line of work and its particular risk factors.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male gender.
* Having a valid bus driver's license.
* Working for a specific large bus company in the center of Israel.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Drivers who had less than 50 hours of IVDR data were excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in In Vehicle Data Recorder (IVDR) risk score
timeFrame: Change from baseline IVDR risk score at 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in car accident rate
timeFrame: Change from ratings of questionnaire pre intervention to ratings at an average of 1 year post intervention.
measure: Change in subjective ratings of driving performance questionnaire.
timeFrame: Change from ratings of questionnaire at baseline pre intervention to reratings at an average of 1 year post intervention..
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Study officials:
affiliation: Tel Aviv University
name: Navah Ratzon, Prof.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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