Driving and depression: Health professional's perspectives in Ireland

Buckley, Sherrie; Robinson, Katie; Stapleton, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2017.09.003

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“…Also, in another study, cognitive impairment, decreased concentration, side effects of medications, suicidal thoughts/intentions, and reduced reaction time mostly influenced the fitness to drive decisions (22).…”

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Assessing the Possible Effect of Depression on Driving Behavior: A Cross-sectional Study

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Background: Driving as a complex behavior pattern is influenced by a set of conscious and unconscious factors. One of the most important causes of traffic accidents in Iran is human factors, which include the driver's mental status, personality traits, mental illnesses, or psychiatric disorders. Depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders affecting driving behavior. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine whether depression may affect driving performance. Methods: This cross-sectional study was done on 100 participants who were divided into two groups, patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) and the healthy control group. Driving behavior was assessed by the Manchester Driving Behavior Questionnaire (MDBQ), and three computerized tests [Tower of London Test, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), and reaction time] were used to evaluate the participants’ neuropsychiatric characteristics. The results were compared between the two groups using SPSS version 19. Results: There were 51 cases in the MDD group (male = 59%, female = 41%) and 50 patients in the non-depressed group (male = 22%, female = 78%). The mean age of the group with MDD and the control group was 38 ± 8 and 36 ± 9 years, respectively, with no significant differences (P = 0.23). The results showed that the highest mean reaction time (875 ± 198, P = 0.018) was related to the depressed non-risky drivers, and the depressed risky drivers showed the worse function in all domains of WCST (trials to complete first category: 28 ± 23, P = 0.002, total error: 33 ± 9, P = 0.001, and perseveration error: 15 ± 9, P = 0.009) in comparison with another group. Considering the mean score of the tower of London test, the non-depressed non-risky drivers showed the shortest time (219 ± 172, P = 0.001) spent on doing the task, while the depressed non-risky drivers showed the longest mean latency time (213 ± 96, P = 0.001). Conclusions: The findings of the present study showed that depression is associated with deficits in multiple cognitive domains, such as executive function, which may lead to a significant decline in different aspects of driving behavior.

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Assessing the Possible Effect of Depression on Driving Behavior: A Cross-sectional Study

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“…Sleep disorders, either as a symptom of depression or as a side effect of its treatment, were particularly focused on. Studying driving in depression is important because no uniform guidelines exist regarding fitness to drive and licensure for patients with depression [ 30 ], while there is a lack of knowledge among health professionals on how to deal with depression and driving [ 31 , 32 ] and, usually, the process relies on patients’ self-awareness of their driving difficulties due to illness and self-reporting to licensing authorities.…”

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Driving Behaviour in Depression Based on Subjective Evaluation and Data from a Driving Simulator

Tsoutsi

Papadakaki

Yannis

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Road traffic collisions are a major issue for public health. Depression is characterized by mental, emotional and executive dysfunction, which may have an impact on driving behaviour. Patients with depression (N = 39) and healthy controls (N = 30) were asked to complete questionnaires and to drive on a driving simulator in different scenarios. Driving simulator data included speed, safety distance from the preceding vehicle and lateral position. Demographic and medical information, insomnia (Athens Insomnia Scale, AIS), sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS), fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS), symptoms of sleep apnoea (StopBang Questionnaire) and driving (Driver Stress Inventory, DSI and Driver Behaviour Questionnaire, DBQ) were assessed. Gender and age influenced almost all variables. The group of patients with depression did not differ from controls regarding driving behaviour as assessed through questionnaires; on the driving simulator, patients kept a longer safety distance. Subjective fatigue was positively associated with aggression, dislike of driving, hazard monitoring and violations as assessed by questionnaires. ESS and AIS scores were positively associated with keeping a longer safety distance and with Lateral Position Standard Deviation (LPSD), denoting lower ability to keep a stable position. It seems that, although certain symptoms of depression (insomnia, fatigue and somnolence) may affect driving performance, patients drive more carefully eliminating, thus, their impact.

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Adaptation of a European categorization system for driving-impairing medicines in Iran

Jadidi

Farahbakhsh

Bazargani

et al. 2023

Traffic Injury Prevention

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Driving and depression: Health professional's perspectives in Ireland

Cited by 4 publications

References 61 publications

Assessing the Possible Effect of Depression on Driving Behavior: A Cross-sectional Study

Assessing the Possible Effect of Depression on Driving Behavior: A Cross-sectional Study

Driving Behaviour in Depression Based on Subjective Evaluation and Data from a Driving Simulator

Adaptation of a European categorization system for driving-impairing medicines in Iran

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