@article{ref1,
title="Driving training and behaviour among young adults with cerebral palsy - a follow-up pilot study",
journal="Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour",
year="2023",
author="Rike, Per-Ola and Aa, Sigrunn Grønningen and Storenes, Ann Kathrin and Stadskleiv, Kristine and Eliassen, Carl Fredrik",
volume="93",
number="",
pages="23-33",
abstract="OBJECTIVE Investigate medical, demographic and neuropsychological variables associated with driving in patients with cerebral palsy (CP).   Methods This study has a retrospective cohort design. A follow-up survey was sent to former patients with CP that previously had passed a multidisciplinary driving assessment. Participants included a total of 17 persons, 3 men and 14 women, mean age 26 years at follow-up. The follow-up survey included data from driving training, self-reported driving behaviour and measures of perceived pain and fatigue. The survey data was analysed in comparison with retrospective medical and neuropsychological data.   Results Two-thirds of the participants had obtained a valid driver's license at the time of follow-up. Cognitive impairments were found within both the driving and non-driving group, but more severely among the non-drivers. A subgroup had been repeatedly involved in traffic incidents and crashes.   Conclusion When assessing fitness to drive in persons with CP, clinicians need to give realistic prognostics based on a multidisciplinary clinical assessment before starting the arduous and costly process that obtaining a driving license represents.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1369-8478",
doi="10.1016/j.trf.2022.12.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2022.12.006"
}