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UMC Utrecht Utrecht University |
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Information provided by: | UMC Utrecht |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00189046 |
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.
Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Chronic Pain |
Behavioral: driving and laboratory tests |
Phase IV |
Study Type: | Observational |
Study Design: | Natural History, Cross-Sectional, Case Control, Prospective Study |
Official Title: | Effects of Pain on Driving Performance, Attentional Capacity and Psychomotor Performances: a Comparative Study Between Healthy Controls and Chronic Pain Patients. |
Estimated Enrollment: | 30 |
Study Start Date: | January 2004 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | April 2005 |
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.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years to 60 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
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
Netherlands | |
Department of Psychopharmacology | |
Utrecht, Netherlands, 3508 TB |
Principal Investigator: | Edmund Volkerts, PhD | University of Utrecht, Department of Psychopharmacology |
Study ID Numbers: | 03/237-E |
Study First Received: | September 12, 2005 |
Last Updated: | September 12, 2005 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00189046 |
Health Authority: | Netherlands: Medical Ethics Review Committee (METC) |
driving, chronic pain, attention |
Pain Healthy |