The Impact of Ocular Diseases on Driving: a Prospective Study

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 29, 2012

Primary Completion Date

February 23, 2015

Study Completion Date

February 23, 2015

Conditions
Macular DegenerationGlaucoma
Interventions
OTHER

Speed discrimination test

"The participant has to stare in the middle of two screens, i.e the reference screen and the test screen. Dots are moving from the center to the edge of the screens at different speeds. The participant is forced to determine if the dots of the test screen are moving faster or slower than the reference screen.~The test is designed in Psychtoolbox3. Data analyses performed using MATLAB. Two-alternative forced choice paradigm."

BEHAVIORAL

Driving simulation

"25 km simulated car driving session. The participant is seated in the driver compartment of a real car featuring all the actual components (steering wheel, pedals regulating speed and brakes). He is instructed to respect road regulations as well as safety rules and must perform some driving manoeuvres, such has turning at intersections, stopping when necessary, passing another car, etc.~Software Drive 3.0 by Systems Technology Inc., Hawthorne, California, USA. Magnetic head tracker (Flock of Birds, Ascension Technology Corporation, Burlington, Vermont, USA).~A fixed-base driving simulator. 2 driving scenarios: a practice (10 minutes) and a main scenario including rural and urban sections (35 minutes)."

Trial Locations (1)

G1S 4L8

Centre universitaire d'ophtalmologie, Hôpital du Saint-Sacrement, CHU de Québec, Québec

All Listed Sponsors
lead

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval

OTHER

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