ALC-GAZE: A randomised, placebo-controlled crossover trial examining the biphasic effects of two doses of alcohol on ocular parameters during simulated driving (ALC-GAZE).

INVESTIGATORS:
Dr Amie Hayley (Swinburne University of Technology)
Dr Brook Shiferaw (Seeing Machines)
Professor Luke Downey (Swinburne University of Technology)
Dr Jonny Kuo (Seeing Machines)
Prof. Mike Lenne (Seeing Machines)
Mr Blair Aitken (Swinburne University of Technology)
Ms Serah Rose (Swinburne University of Technology)  

PROJECT OVERVIEW: The researcher requests your consent for participation in a study which investigates how low and moderate doses of alcohol affects eye movement activity during simulated driving. It will also examine how these doses of alcohol affects cognition, visual information processing, and subjective intoxication. This study is being run by researchers at Swinburne University of Technology. The pre-screening questions in this survey relate to personal information about yourself, including age, sex, driving history, licence status and alcohol use, which will help to determine if you will be suitable to take part.

CONFIDENTIALITY: Your survey answers will be stored initially with Qualtrics.com in a password-protected electronic format. Data will later be downloaded and stored on a password-protected computer at Swinburne University of Technology. We may use your survey data to combine with other data-sets in the future to answer other research questions. This may include student projects. Anyone involved in the future research will not receive your contact details. When the study is completed, and the data have been analysed, the list of participant email addresses will be destroyed. Study findings will be presented only in summary form and your email address will not be used in any report. While the investigator(s) will keep your information confidential, there are some risks of data breaches when sending information over the internet that are beyond the control of the investigator(s).

PARTICIPATION: Participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you decide not to participate there will not be any negative consequences. Whether you decide to complete the survey or not will not influence or compromise your relationship with Swinburne University of Technology. Please be aware that if you decide to participate, you may stop participating at any time. You can do this by closing the survey page. However, any information collected up until that point will be automatically submitted for inclusion in the study. The researcher will maintain the confidentiality of the research records or data, and all data will be destroyed after a period of 7 years.

Before you begin the survey, you must read over this Participant Information form. ​​​When you click on the link, this will open a separate web page. Please read this information carefully. Ask questions about anything that you don’t understand or want to know more about. Before deciding whether to take part, you might want to talk about the study with a relative, friend or your local doctor. once you are happy to proceed, you may complete the survey.

By submitting this form, you are indicating that you have read the description of the study, you voluntarily agree to participate, and that you are:
● Aged between 21-55 years old
● Able to read and write English
● A regular driver (over 50km per week driven) with three years of driving with a full driver’s licence (no ‘P-Plate’ drivers)
● Have previously consumed alcohol up to to a Blood Alcohol Concentration of 0.10% with no known adverse reaction
● Under 100kg

The survey may take up to 10 minutes to complete. This survey asks questions relating to mood and substance use, however they are not intended to be clinically or therapeutically diagnostic on their own. For specific support related to substance use, you can contact Directline: https://www.directline.org.au/ and/or counselling online: https://www.counsellingonline.org.au/. Both these services are free 24/7 services.

CONTACT: If you have any questions about this study, please contact: Dr Amie Hayley at: ahayley@swin.edu.au or (03) 9214 5585.

This project has been approved by or on behalf of Swinburne’s Human Research Ethics Committee (SUHREC) in line with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. If you have any concerns or complaints about the conduct of this project, you can contact: Research Ethics Officer, Swinburne Research (H68), Swinburne University of Technology, P O Box 218, HAWTHORN VIC 3122. Tel: (03) 9214 5218 Email: resethics@swin.edu.au