2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
driving characterization using leukoaraiosis grading and personal measurements of traffic accidents for older drivers
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23360227
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Civil engineering project/Traffic engineering
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| Research Institution | Kochi University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
PARK Kaechang 高知工科大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 客員教授 (60333514)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KUMAGAI Yasuhiko 高知工科大学, 地域連携機構, 教授 (10368855)
NAKANO Kimihiko 東京大学, 大学院・情報学環, 准教授 (90325241)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
KITAGAWA Hiroshi 兵庫県立福祉のまちづくり研究所, 研究第一グループ, 研究員 (10257967)
KATAOKA Motomune 高知工科大学, 地域連携機構, 助手 (20412447)
NAGAHARA Mitsuhiro 高知工科大学, 地域連携機構, 助手 (80461383)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | MRI / 白質病変 / 高齢者 / 事故対策 |
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| Research Abstract |
Leukoaraiosis, approximately 30% of middle-aged and older people, has been regard as a sign of brain-aging. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed a significant association between bilateral leukoaraiosis and traffic accidents, especially crossroad crashes. Older drivers with bilateral leukoaraiosis possessed a significant increasing in steering entropy of an automobile, which means smooth handling of steering, in comparison with those without leukoaraiosis, when turning right in the driving course of Kochi Driving License Center. A new driving ability test has been developed for quantitative evaluation of frontal function, composing of cognition, judgment, and manipulation, necessary for safe driving. According to cross-classification of dichotomy of high age and leukoaraiosis, this test could predict a specific type of traffic accidents. Leukoaraiosis may be one of dangerous driving characterization like high aging.
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Research Products
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