Driving Skills Training for Older Adults: An Assessment of DriveSharp

Johnston, Kerrylyn; Borkenhagen, David; Scialfa, Charles T.

doi:10.1017/s071498081500046x

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“…However, those results should be analysed with caution since the dependent variable is based on self-report through the mobility questionnaire. Contrary to the positive findings mentioned above, another reviewed study showed that 5 weeks of training with 2 weekly 60-min sessions guided by a facilitator did not reveal any significant benefit associated with the intervention [46]. This could be due in part to the type of variable used, i.e.…”

Section: Computer-based Trainingmentioning

confidence: 69%

Are interventions effective at improving driving in older drivers?: A systematic review

et al. 2020

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Background: With the aging of the population, the number of older drivers is on the rise. This poses significant challenges for public health initiatives, as older drivers have a relatively higher risk for collisions. While many studies focus on developing screening tools to identify medically at-risk drivers, little research has been done to develop training programs or interventions to promote, maintain or enhance driving-related abilities among healthy individuals. The purpose of this systematic review is to synopsize the current literature on interventions that are tailored to improve driving in older healthy individuals by working on components of safe driving such as: selfawareness, knowledge, behaviour, skills and/or reducing crash/collision rates in healthy older drivers. Methods: Relevant databases such as Scopus and PubMed databases were selected and searched for primary articles published in between January 2007 and December 2017. Articles were identified using MeSH search terms: ("safety" OR "education" OR "training" OR "driving" OR "simulator" OR "program" OR "countermeasures") AND ("older drivers" OR "senior drivers" OR "aged drivers" OR "elderly drivers"). All retrieved abstracts were reviewed, and full texts printed if deemed relevant. Results: Twenty-five (25) articles were classified according to: 1) Classroom settings; 2) Computer-based training for cognitive or visual processing; 3) Physical training; 4) In-simulator training; 5) On-road training; and 6) Mixed interventions. Results show that different types of approaches have been successful in improving specific driving skills and/or behaviours. However, there are clear discrepancies on how driving performance/behaviours are evaluated between studies, both in terms of methods or dependent variables, it is therefore difficult to make direct comparisons between these studies. Conclusions: This review identified strong study projects, effective at improving older drivers' performance and thus allowed to highlight potential interventions that can be used to maintain or improve older drivers' safety behind the wheel. There is a need to further test these interventions by combining them and determining their effectiveness at improving driving performance.

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Section: Computer-based Trainingmentioning

confidence: 69%