@article{ref1,
title="Simulated driving skills evaluation of teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder before driving lessons",
journal="American journal of occupational therapy",
year="2017",
author="Ratzon, Navah Zelda and Lunievsky, Efrat Kadury and Ashkenasi, Arie and Laks, Joseph and Cohen, Herman Avner",
volume="71",
number="3",
pages="7103220010p1-7103220010p8",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We evaluated the driving skills of teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during simulated driving before starting driving lessons and observed whether methylphenidate (MPH) affected their performance. <br><br>METHOD: Sixty teenagers ages 15-18 yr were included; 29 teenagers with ADHD were tested with and without MPH, and 31 teenagers (control group) were tested once. All participants were tested on the STISIM Drive™ simulator. <br><br>RESULTS: The number of center-line crossings was higher in the group without MPH treatment than in the control group and the MPH-treated group. The group without MPH treatment had more road-edge excursions compared with the control group and drove faster than the MPH-treated group. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Adolescents with ADHD without MPH treatment demonstrated impaired performance more often while driving the simulator, resembling characteristics found during on-road driving among teenagers with ADHD. Trainer awareness is a primary intervention before taking driving lessons to help teenagers achieve safe driving performance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0272-9490",
doi="10.5014/ajot.2017.020164",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2017.020164"
}