Driving State of the Brain Injured after Driver Training Program at the National Rehabilitation Center.

, Lee, Jun Wook; , Park, Si Woon; , Jang, Soon Ja; , Kim, Dong A; , Lee, Ju Hyun; , Kim, Byung Sik

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2004;28(3):220-225.

Lee, Jun Wook , Park, Si Woon , Jang, Soon Ja , Kim, Dong A , Lee, Ju Hyun , Kim, Byung Sik

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Korea. swpark1@nrc.go.kr

국립재활원에서 운전훈련을 받은 후 퇴원한 뇌손상 장애인의 운전 실태

이준욱, 박시운, 장순자, 김동아, 이주현, 김병식

국립재활병원 재활의학과

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. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2004; 28: 220-225)

Key Words: Brain injured, Driving state, License, Accident