@article{ref1,
title="Post-concussion driving behaviors and opinions: a survey of collegiate student-athletes",
journal="Journal of neurotrauma",
year="2018",
author="Schmidt, Julianne D. and Lynall, Robert C. and Lempke, Landon Bryce and Weber, Michelle L. and Devos, Hannes",
volume="35",
number="20",
pages="2418-2424",
abstract="Post-concussion driving restrictions are eminent, but we lack understanding of current behaviors and opinions about driving following concussion among populations at risk of concussion. We aimed to describe post-concussion driving behaviors and opinions among collegiate student-athletes. Student-athletes completed a survey (response rate=45.3%, 223/492) regarding their post-concussion driving behaviors and opinions. Response frequencies and percentages are presented. Student-athletes self-reported a total of 169 lifetime concussions (0.76±1.02 each). Of the 169 concussions, 52.1% (88/169) were diagnosed and 52.7% (89/169) occurred while the student-athlete possessed a valid driver's license. Student-athletes refrained from driving following 43.8% (39/89) of the concussive events. Student-athletes that refrained most commonly did so for only 24-48 hours (20.5%, 8/39) and because a health care provider advised them to (33.3%: 13/39). Student-athletes most commonly reported that they would feel &quot;very unsafe&quot; driving a car immediately following injury (38.4%, 84/219). When asked whether driving restrictions would influence your decision to report the injury to a health care provider, 7.9% reported that it &quot;definitely would&quot; (17/214), 26.6% &quot;probably would&quot; (57/214), 17.8% &quot;neutral&quot; (38/214), 24.8% &quot;probably would not&quot; (53/214), and 22.9% &quot;definitely would not&quot; (49/214). Despite generally believing that driving immediately following a concussion is unsafe, a majority of student-athletes did not refrain from driving at any point following their previous concussions. Post-concussion driving restrictions may have some influence on student-athletes' decisions to report the injury to a health care provider. Health care providers play a critical role in post-concussion driving restriction, but lack standardized recommendations to guide their care.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0897-7151",
doi="10.1089/neu.2018.5707",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2018.5707"
}