Parent-based Intervention to Increase Safe Teen Driving

NCT01014923 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: CE000947CDC NCIPC R49 CE000947
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 163
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

We hypothesize that this intervention will increase the quality and quantity of parental interaction on safety driving with newly-licensed teen drivers. 250 parent/teen dyads will be individually randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention group will receive a tailored, in-person intervention with a trained member of the research team, with follow-up intervention phone calls each month for the 3-month intervention. The control group will be a "usual care" group who will receive driving safety materials available to all new drivers and their parents. Parents and teens will be followed to see if intervention parents meet the intervention's driving goals and to see if the parent and teens report improved driving skills and behaviors in the intervention compared with the control group.

Conditions

Motor Vehicle Occupant Injury; Teenaged Driver

Keywords

motor vehicle; accidents, traffic; prevention and control

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Driving Safety Communication

  6 months post-intervention

• Risky Driving Inventory

  6-months post intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Driving citations and crashes

  through one year post-intervention

• parent risky driving inventory

  6 months post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Parents of new teen drivers receive guidebook to teach driving skills and safety behaviors; individual instruction on parent-child communication about driving; DVD demonstrating safe driving communication; and, 26-page booklet on driving goals and conversation topics

Behavioral: Teen driving intervention

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Parents receive a Department of Transportation booklet on teen driving

Interventions

Teen driving intervention BEHAVIORAL

Parents of new teen drivers receive guidebook to teach driving skills and safety behaviors; individual instruction on parent-child communication about driving; DVD demonstrating safe driving communication; and, 26-page booklet on driving goals and conversation topics

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• parent and teen dyads of newly-licensed teenaged drivers that speak English

You may not qualify if:

• siblings of previously enrolled dyads, teens who will not drive independently after licensure

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Iowa: lead
• Blank Children's Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

Blank Children's Hospital

Des Moines, Iowa, 50309, United States

Location

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Peek-Asa C, Cavanaugh JE, Yang J, Chande V, Young T, Ramirez M. Steering teens safe: a randomized trial of a parent-based intervention to improve safe teen driving. BMC Public Health. 2014 Jul 31;14:777. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-777.

  PMID: 25082132 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD

  University of Iowa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2009
• First Posted: November 17, 2009
• Study Start: July 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2010
• Study Completion: December 1, 2010
• Last Updated: February 21, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-02

Locations

US (2)