dc.contributor.author | Torgerstuen, Ida Sletmo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-24T22:28:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-01-24T22:28:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Torgerstuen, Ida Sletmo. Driving safety after brain injury: Relationships between cognitive and executive functioning, driving behaviour and accident involvement. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2017 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/59716 | |
dc.description.abstract | Aims: The objective of this thesis is to investigate whether cognition is related to everyday driving behaviour and accident involvement in a sample of stroke and TBI survivors found fit to drive. More specifically three research aims were investigated: 1) To investigate whether UFOV-score predicts accident involvement; 2) To explore if Sümer’s contextual model applies, and thereby if the relationship between attentional ability and accidents was mediated through aberrant driving behaviour; 3) To investigate if self-perceived executive dysfunction moderate the relationship between attentional ability and aberrant driving behaviour. Methods: The present study is based on a readymade dataset from the Ph.D-project of Per-Ola Rike and Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, which was a prospective one-year follow-up study. The sample was therefore recruited from Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital and consisted of 34 TBI and stroke survivors found fit to drive in a multidisciplinary driving assessment. The baseline assessment consisted of The Useful Field of View battery (UFOV) as a measure of cognitive function (attentional ability) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function Adult Version (BRIEF-A) as a measure of everyday executive difficulties. At follow-up the participants also completed a Norwegian translation of the Swedish Driver Behaviour Questionnaire (DBQ) to measure post-injury aberrant driving behaviour. Furthermore, post-injury driver characteristics was measured at follow-up by the Sunnaas Driving Pattern Questionnaire (SDPQ). Regression analyses, both linear and logistic, were conducted to explore the predictive relationships between the variables. In addition, a moderator analysis and a mediation analysis was conducted to further explore these relationships. Main findings/conclusions: Firstly, it was found that a better UFOV3-score predicted a higher risk of being involved in an accident, and it was thereby concluded that UFOV does not seem to be a valid predictor of driving safety among patients with acquired brain injuries. Secondly, everyday executive difficulties (BRIEF-A) moderated the relationship between UFOV3-score and aberrant driving behaviour (DBQ inattention). Thirdly, aberrant driving behaviour (DBQ inattention) mediated the relationship between UFOV3 and accidents, thus confirms Sümer’s contextual model. | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.subject | driving assessment | |
dc.subject | Brain damage | |
dc.title | Driving safety after brain injury: Relationships between cognitive and executive functioning, driving behaviour and accident involvement | eng |
dc.type | Master thesis | |
dc.type | Group thesis | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-01-24T22:28:03Z | |
dc.creator.author | Torgerstuen, Ida Sletmo | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:no-62385 | |
dc.type.document | Hovedoppgave | |
dc.type.document | Gruppeoppgave | |
dc.identifier.fulltext | Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/59716/1/Driving-safety-after-brain-injury.pdf | |