Educating Health Care Providers on Driving Competence

对医疗保健提供者进行驾驶能力教育

• 批准号: 6551841
• 负责人: Philip A Keirn
• 金额: $ 9.35万
• 依托单位: VISUAL AWARENESS RESEARCH GROUP, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2003-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6551841
• 关键词: clinical research; cognition; educational resource design /development; functional ability; health care personnel education; human subject; travel; vehicular accident; videotape /videodisc

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Many older adults experience declines in sensory and cognitive function that can result in increased difficulty with everyday activities. One everyday activity, which is crucial to maintaining independence, is driving. Mobility is critical for maintaining social contacts and a satisfying quality of life, and mobility loss frequently results in the need for formal care. Therefore, effective methods for extending safe mobility could have far-reaching consequences. The focus of the proposed research is to evaluate the feasibility of an intervention program designed to educate health care providers about the functional abilities older drivers need to maintain their driving competence. The intervention would also educate them about remedial programs to potentially boost the driving skills of their older patients. The Phase I application aims to convene a Steering Committee to finalize the content of such a program, to evaluate the feasibility of meeting the needs of health care providers in this area, and to pilot test a brief screening program for use in health care settings. This program would provide a low cost and convenient means for disseminating information on older drivers to the health care community, and would potentially benefit older individuals experiencing functional declines. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATION: This product would ultimately be made available to all health care providers who may need to assess older adults for driving competency.

描述（由申请人提供）：许多老年人的感觉和认知功能下降，可能导致日常活动的困难增加。一项对保持独立性至关重要的日常活动是驾驶。行动能力对于维持社会联系和令人满意的生活质量至关重要，而行动能力的丧失往往导致需要正式护理。因此，扩大安全流动的有效方法可能会产生深远的影响。拟议的研究的重点是评估干预计划的可行性，旨在教育医疗保健提供者的功能能力，老年司机需要保持他们的驾驶能力。干预措施还将教育他们有关补救计划，以潜在地提高他们的老年患者的驾驶技能。第一阶段的申请旨在召集一个指导委员会，以最终确定该计划的内容，评估满足该领域医疗保健提供者需求的可行性，并对用于医疗保健环境的简短筛查计划进行试点测试。该计划将提供一种低成本和方便的手段，用于向医疗保健社区传播有关老年驾驶员的信息，并可能使经历功能衰退的老年人受益。 拟定商业应用： 该产品最终将提供给所有可能需要评估老年人驾驶能力的医疗保健提供者。