Driving State of the Brain Injured after Driver Training Program at the National Rehabilitation Center.
- Author:
Jun Wook LEE
1
;
Si Woon PARK
;
Soon Ja JANG
;
Dong A KIM
;
Ju Hyun LEE
;
Byung Sik KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Korea. swpark1@nrc.go.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Brain injured;
Driving state;
License;
Accident
- MeSH:
Brain*;
Disabled Persons;
Education*;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Licensure;
Rehabilitation Centers*;
Rehabilitation*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2004;28(3):220-225
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the actual driving state of the brain injured who had received driver training program. METHOD: We conducted a follow up survey with 64 brain injured who had received driver training program at the National Rehabilitation Center. 29 subjects were first attempting to obtain a license (First obtaining group) while 35 subjects were trying to re-obtain a license after being handicapped (Re-obtaining group). The contents of the survey were compared between first obtaining group and re-obtaining group, and between hemiplegic side. RESULTS: 41 subjects obtained license in regard to the total 64 subjects in which 39% of theses were actually driving. Licensed rate was 55% for first obtaining group and 71% for re-obtaining group. Driving rate was 56% for first obtaining group and 28% for re-obtaining group. Comparing to hemiplegic side, left hemiplegics (54%) showed a tendency to have higher rate of accident than right hemiplegics (0%) without statistical significance. CONCLUSION: Licensed rate of the brain injured was 64%, and driving rate and accident rate were 39% and 38%, respectively. Left hemiplegics, especially, had a higher rate of accident than right hemiplegics.
