Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
Department of Neurosciences, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2024;25(1):14-19. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2023.2250493. Epub 2023 Nov 30.
This study sought to examine whether young adults who sustain concussions have different driving histories and pre-injury driving styles than uninjured peers. In addition, we assessed whether modifications were made to driving behavior in the acute period following concussion.
Self-reported driving and demographic information was collected from 102 16- to 25-year-old drivers. Half of the sample had recently sustained concussions and the other half comprised a matched comparison group.
The groups reported similar pre-injury driving behaviors and styles. However, the recently injured group had more driving citations, higher rates of psychiatric disorders, and greater likelihood of having sustained a prior concussion. Self-reported driving habits postconcussion suggested that most drivers did not modify their driving behavior following concussion, though they were less likely to drive at night or with others in the car.
Results highlight the need for postconcussion driving guidelines and support for returning to driving safely.
本研究旨在探讨年轻成年人在遭受脑震荡后是否与未受伤的同龄人有不同的驾驶史和受伤前的驾驶风格。此外，我们还评估了在脑震荡后急性期间是否对驾驶行为进行了调整。
从 102 名 16 至 25 岁的驾驶员中收集了自我报告的驾驶和人口统计学信息。样本的一半最近遭受了脑震荡，另一半是匹配的对照组。
两组报告的受伤前驾驶行为和风格相似。然而，最近受伤的组有更多的驾驶违规记录、更高的精神障碍发病率，并且更有可能曾遭受过先前的脑震荡。脑震荡后的自我报告驾驶习惯表明，大多数司机在脑震荡后并没有改变他们的驾驶行为，尽管他们夜间开车或与他人同车的可能性较小。
研究结果强调了脑震荡后驾驶指南的必要性和支持安全返回驾驶的必要性。
