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Effectiveness of a Driving Intervention on Safe Community Mobility for Returning Combat Veterans

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Principal Investigator

2017 – Present

Sherrilene Classen
Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Sherrilene Classen PhD

Professor And Chair

Co-Investigators

Sandra M Winter
Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Sandra M Winter PhD, OTR/L

Research Assistant Scientist

Dr. Winter was Principal Investigator 2014 – 2017.

Inactive

Michael Marsiske
Department: Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

Michael Marsiske Ph.D.

Professor & Program Director For Graduate Education
Babette Brumback
Department: PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS

Babette Brumback

Professor And Associate Chair For Education

Medical Monitor

David Fitzgerald
Department: MD-BEHAVIORAL NEUROLOGY

David Fitzgerald MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Project Personnel

Study Coordinator

Sandra M Winter
Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Sandra M Winter PhD, OTR/L

Research Assistant Scientist

Research Therapists

Beth A Gibson
Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Beth A Gibson OTR/L, CDRS

Instructional Assistant Professor, Manager & Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist: UF SmartDriver

Graduate Research Assistants

Abraham Yarney photo
Abraham Yarney, MS

Inactive

Shabnam Medhizadah photo
Shabnam Medhizadah, MS

Research Assistants

Inactive

Amanda Marcinko
Amanda Marcinko
Stephanie Diaz
Stephanie Diaz

Consultant

Inactive

Miriam Monahan
Department: HP-OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Miriam Monahan OTD, OTR/L CDRS, LDI

Adjunct Scholar

Collaborators

University of Florida Department of Occupational Therapy
North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System

Funding Source

Department of Defense (DOD) Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC)

Synopsis

This randomized controlled trial extends our prior DOD funded study “Efficacy of a Driving Program on Safe Community Mobility for Combat Veterans” conducted during 2011-2016. In this effectiveness study, we seek to examine how well the findings of the previous efficacy study are replicable to a larger population of combat Veterans. Our core aim is to discern the effectiveness of a simulator-based Occupational Therapy Driving Intervention (OT-DI) as compared to Traffic Safety Education (TSE). Our aims seek to address if the OT-DI improves fitness-to-drive abilities and results in reduced driving errors as measured on a driving simulator over the short-term (post-intervention) and intermediate-term (3 months post). We will also examine impact on real-world driving as measured via citations, violations, and/or motor vehicle crashes.