The Efficacy of a Functional Meta-Cognitive Intervention to Improve Human Factors of Professional Drivers

September 15, 2016 updated by: Navah Ratzon, Tel Aviv University
The objective of the study is to examine the effectiveness of a functional-meta-cognitive intervention program to reduce driving risk factors amongst professional bus drivers.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

In Israel, the percentage of professional drivers involved in lethal car accidents is high in relation to their number on the roads. Every car accident involving a bus driver could potentially put at risk the lives of tens of passengers, and cause damages both direct and indirect at high costs. Due to the high risk of the bus drivers and their passengers, it is highly important to identify and improve the driving characteristics which are necessary for safer driving of said drivers. Many studies have assessed and identified the risk factors of safe driving, but there is relatively little research-based evidence concerning the ability to improve the driving skills of drivers in general and in particular of bus drivers, which are considered a high risk group.

According to the National Road Safety Authority, 88% of road accidents are caused by driver errors. Therefore, the real challenge is to provide a better understanding in the role of human factors in causing road accidents to try and develop a variety of effective interventions to reduce these risk factors. This understanding can contribute both to a better assessment of professional drivers' driving fitness and to intervene accordingly. In this study, we have focused on main aspects that exist in relevant literature and are human risk factors: Cognitive-perceptual, ergonomic and personality risk factors, and checked the connection between these risk factors and actual monitored driving scores as recorder by an In-Vehicle Data Recorder (IVDR). In addition, we examined the effectiveness of a functional-meta-cognitive intervention program designed to increase drivers' awareness to their way of driving. The research model is based on previous driving models and the guiding occupational therapy practice framework model in Israel, while adjusting the model to the professional driving in public transportation line of work and its particular risk factors.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

77

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

19 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Male gender.
  • Having a valid bus driver's license.
  • Working for a specific large bus company in the center of Israel.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Drivers who had less than 50 hours of IVDR data were excluded.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Functional Meta-Cognitive Intervention
The intervention is aimed to improve human factors of professional bus drivers
Functional-Meta-Cognitive Intervention Program was focused on raising awareness to safe driving risk factors identified at pre-screening, with reference to the difficulties that the driver raises and providing coping strategies. The intervention has been customized for each driver and included three sessions of two hours.
Active Comparator: Control group
The control group had the employer's training - The company holds routine covert inspections, summons to conversations with the security offices and records in the drivers' personal files.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in In Vehicle Data Recorder (IVDR) risk score
Time Frame: Change from baseline IVDR risk score at 1 year
Assessing the degree of change in the rate of IVDR events before and after intervention.
Change from baseline IVDR risk score at 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in car accident rate
Time Frame: Change from ratings of questionnaire pre intervention to ratings at an average of 1 year post intervention.
Assessing the change in the rate of accidents per year before and after the intervention in the intervention group.
Change from ratings of questionnaire pre intervention to ratings at an average of 1 year post intervention.
Change in subjective ratings of driving performance questionnaire.
Time Frame: Change from ratings of questionnaire at baseline pre intervention to reratings at an average of 1 year post intervention..
Assessing the change in the subjective ratings of the level of performance and of satisfaction with performance before and after the intervention in the intervention group.
Change from ratings of questionnaire at baseline pre intervention to reratings at an average of 1 year post intervention..

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Navah Ratzon, Prof., Tel Aviv University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 7, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 16, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 15, 2016

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Rachel Shichrur
  • Navah Ratzon (Other Identifier: Pricipal Investigator, Prof)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Human Risk Factors

Clinical Trials on Functional Meta-Cognitive Intervention

3
Subscribe