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Cognitive Load Assessment of Helicopter Pilots in Training

— Observational Cognitive Impairment Situational Anxiety Skills, Coping

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What is being studied
This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Cognitive Impairment, Situational Anxiety, Skills, Coping. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
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Official title

ÉVALUATION DE LA CHARGE COGNITIVE DES PILOTES D'HÉLICOPTÈRES EN FORMATION "ECCOLicoF"

Overview

The aim of this study is to identify the effect of the increase of the situation demands, with or without a thread, on military helicopter pilot's cognitive load, depending on their skills acquisition (at the beginning, midway and end of training course). This study is carried out on a simulator, in virtual reality and allows to identify the moments of cognitive load enhancement and the associated indicators such as subjective, physiological and behavioural indicators. Recommendations will be done to go towards an individualization of the lessons during the pilots education, by anticipating an overload which has a deleterious effect on learning.

Primary outcome measures

  • Subjective level of cognitive load [Time frame: It is completed during 5 minutes after each of the six scenarios]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Objective level of cognitive load [Time frame: It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes]
  • Subjective level of anxiety [Time frame: It is measured during 1 minute after each of the six scenarios]
  • Objective level of anxiety [Time frame: It is measured during each of the six scenarios lasting around 5 minutes]
  • Subjective level of fatigue [Time frame: It is measured during 1 minute before each of the six scenarios]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Being a trainee at the Instructional center of helicopter crews
  • Being more than 18 years old
  • Being insured under the French social security system
  • Having the bases to pilot helicopters
  • Having signed the non-opposition form

Exclusion criteria

  • Being minor or an incapacitated adult
  • Being in a motor handicap situation
  • Having a cardiac pathology
  • Having a visual pathology that is uncorrected by glasses or lens
  • Having a bad audition
  • Having a psychiatric disorder, a neurologic or organic disorder requiring a medical treatment
  • Taking psychotropics
  • Drinking more than 28 units of alcohol per week
  • Being epileptic

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Study design

Observational model
Other

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06832241 · 2023PBMD04 · 2024-A01855-42

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗