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A Study of Driver Test Station-based on Driver Behaviors Assessment: from 20s to 70s

운전운동평가-기반 연령별 운전자 행태 분석 연구: 20대부터 70대까지

  • Song, Chiang-Soon (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University) ;
  • Lee, Oan-Na (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University) ;
  • Im, Hyun-Jun (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University) ;
  • Park, Su-Jin (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University) ;
  • Jo, Jin-Min (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University) ;
  • On, Hyeong-Min (Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Science, Chosun University)
  • 송창순 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과) ;
  • 이안나 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과) ;
  • 임현준 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과) ;
  • 박수진 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과) ;
  • 조진민 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과) ;
  • 온형민 (조선대학교 보건과학대학 작업치료학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.11
  • Accepted : 2018.10.05
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

Driving behaviors are reported to be vulnerable to safe driving in unexpected situations or driving in the city due to deterioration of physical and cognitive functions in elderly drivers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the difference in driving behaviors according to age of self-drivers and to identify changes in physical function related to driving caused by normal aging. The subjects of the study included 75 healthy adults (21 persons aged 20-39 years, 40 persons 40-64 years, 14 persons 65 years old) who were self-driving and possessed a driver's license. Data included sex, dominant hand, medication, exercise, age, and driving time obtained by a self-reported questionnaire. In addition, this study measured steering, acceleration and braking using a Driver Test Station. Results of the study showed there was no significant difference in power test according to age group, but the total time of the timer test and the emergency brake test significantly differed according to age. The timer test and emergency brake test were completed fastest in young adults between 20 and 39 years old and completed slowest in elderly people 65 years old or over. Based on our study results, it is suggested that normal aging affects the perceptual-cognitive processes associated with driving behaviors.

고령운전자의 운전행동은 신체적 및 인지적 기능의 저하로 돌발 상황이나 시내주행에서 안전운전에 취약하다고 보고되고 있다. 본 연구는 성인 자가운전자를 대상으로 연령대에 따라서 운전행동양상에 차이가 있는지 알아보고 정상적인 노화로 인하여 발생하는 운전에 관한 신체적 기능변화를 제언하기 위함이었다. 연구 참여자는 운전면허를 소지하고 실제로 자가운전을 하는 75명(20세-39세 21명, 40-64세 40명, 65세 14명)을 대상으로 하였다. 연구 참여자는 자기-기입 설문지를 통하여 성별, 우세 손, 약물복용 여부, 운동 여부, 연령 및 운전 기간을 응답하였다. 또한 조용한 운전능력 실험실에서 운전운동평가 기기를 통하여 조향, 가속 및 제어 등의 운전운동평가를 실시하였다. 연구결과, 파워검사는 연령대에 따라서 유의한 차이가 없었으나, 타이머검사 및 응급제어검사의 총 시간은 연령에 따라 유의미하게 차이가 있으며, 20세~39세에서 가장 빠르고, 65세 이상의 노인에서 가장 느리게 나타났다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 정상적인 노화는 고령 운전자의 운전행동양상과 연관된 지각-인지과정에 영향을 미친다고 제언하는 바이다.

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