@article{ref1,
title="Feasibility of DriveFocus™ and driving simulation interventions in young drivers",
journal="OTJR: occupation, participation and health",
year="2018",
author="Alvarez, Liliana and Classen, Sherrilene and Medhizadah, Shabnam and Knott, Melissa and Asantey, Kwesi and He, Wenqing and Feher, Anita and Moulin, Marc S.",
volume="38",
number="4",
pages="245-253",
abstract="Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death among North American youth, with a high prevalence of distraction-related fatalities. Youth-focused interventions must address detecting (visual scanning) and responding (adjustment to stimuli) to critical roadway information. In this repeated measures study, we investigated the feasibility (i.e., recruitment and sample characteristics; data collection procedures; acceptability of the intervention; resources; and preliminary effects) of a DriveFocus™ app intervention on youth's driving performance. Thirty-four youth participated in a 9-week protocol (retention rate = 89.7%; adherence rate = 100%). No participants experienced simulator sickness. A preliminary nonparametric evaluation of the results ( n = 34) indicated a statistically significant decrease in the number of visual scanning, F(2, 68) = 3.769, p =.028, and adjustment to stimuli, F(2, 68) = 6.759, p =.002, errors between baseline, midpoint, and posttest. This study lays the foundation to support a targeted intervention trial to improve youth's attention to critical road information, building on their mobile technology preferences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1539-4492",
doi="10.1177/1539449218787495",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1539449218787495"
}