On-the-road driving performance of untreated seasonal allergic rhinitis patients during the allergic season (exposed) is compared to driving performance outside the allergic season (in winter, not-exposed).
This study was set-up to examine whether untreated seasonal allergic rhinitis has an effect on driving ability. In addition to the driving tests, patients perform a memory test in the laboratory.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
22
1 week of treatment discontinuation during allergic rhinitis season
Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences
Utrecht, Netherlands
Driving test: Standard Deviation of Lateral Position (SDLP, cm); i.e. the weaving of the car [after 1 week of treatment discontinuation]
Time frame: allergic season and winter
Other driving test parameters: standard deviation of speed, mean speed, meal lateral position [after 1 week of treatment discontinuation]
Time frame: allergic season and winter
Memory test: immediate and delayed recall, delayed recognition [after 1 week of treatment discontinuation]
Time frame: allergic season and winter
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