Teenage Driving Safety Study: An Emergency Medicine-Trauma Collaborative Study

NCT01402856 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 1-20071204
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 3,750
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Teenage driving safety continues to be a major public health issue. Two factors have been found to contribute to a higher teenage driving accident rate than adults: lack of driving experience, and risky behaviors. Insufficient driving experience puts teenagers at a disadvantage in detecting and responding to hazards while driving. Factors contributing to distracted driving (a diversion in the driver's attention from the road) may include: talking or text messaging on a cell phone, applying makeup, having multiple passengers, listening to loud music, eating/drinking, smoking or reading while driving. This is a prospective study designed to evaluate the effect of an educational program on the risks associated with distracted driving for teenage drivers. The researchers will compare cell phone usage behaviors in Pennsylvania, where no cell phone laws are in place, and New Jersey, where cell phone laws exist, and will educate the beginner driver on the potential dangers associated with driving without a seat belt, substance use, and participating in distracting driving behaviors. Knowledge of state laws will also be assessed. Objectives

1. 1.Educate participants on the potential dangers of distracted driving.
2. 2.Evaluate the impact of the educational program on teenage distracted driving behaviors by obtaining and analyzing information from student surveys, state law quizzes, and anonymous observation, pre, post, and delayed post education.
3. 3.Quantify distracted driving behavior in teenage driver's attending local area high schools by obtaining and analyzing information from student surveys, state law quizzes, and anonymous observation, pre, post, and delayed post education.
4. 4.Qualify distracted driving behavior in teenage driver's attending local area high schools by obtaining and analyzing information from student surveys, anonymous observation, and anonymous voicemails, text messages, and/or emails pre, post, and delayed post education.

Conditions

Trauma

Keywords

Prevention; Adolescent; Trauma; Driving

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in distracted driving behavior at one year

  distracted driving behaviors will be quantified by anonymous observations, state law quiz results, anonymous observations, anonymous text messages/emails/voicemails pre-, post and delayed post education

  up to one year

Study Arms (3)

Southern Lehigh HS, PA School District

This school will not receive the education, yet, will be surveyed, quizzed and observed at the same time.

Other: Education

Bethlehem HS, PA Area School District

Freedom \& Liberty HS's in Bethlehem, PA will serve as the study's control group.

Phillipsburg HS, NJ Area School District

This school will not receive the education, yet, will be surveyed, quizzed and observed at the same time.

Other: Education

Interventions

Education OTHER

An educational program targeting HS students on the risks of distracted driving that was 60-min long \& utilized: a 5-10 min DVD on a teenager's real-life experience of the devastating effects of distracted driving, other videos placing the viewer in the driver's seat, power point presentations of state and national statistics related to seat belt usage, mortality, and substance use, overview of state laws, demonstrations of the physics of an accident, \& interactive games simulating distracted driving.

Phillipsburg HS, NJ Area School District; Southern Lehigh HS, PA School District

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Students in the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades

You may qualify if:

• Teenagers perceived to be students driving near school property.
• Teenagers perceived to be of driving age.
• Teens in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades attending Phillipsburg, Southern Lehigh, Freedom and Liberty High Schools.
• Any driver driving near school property, which is perceived to be older than of high school age.

You may not qualify if:

• Teenagers perceived as non-attendees of the nearby school.
• Teenagers perceived not to be of driving age.
• Teens not in 10th, 11th, and 12th grades, or not attending Phillipsburg, Southern Lehigh, Freedom and Liberty High Schools.
• Any driver who does not meet the above criteria.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lehigh Valley Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18103, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Murphy S., Kane B., Barr G., Rupp V., Fredericks K., Barraco R., Anselmo T., Reed J., The Correlation Between Adolescent-Reported Parental Driving Behaviors and Observed Adult Driving Behaviors. Annals of Emergency Medicine 54(3):s126-s127, 2009

  RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Gavin C Barr, Jr, MD

  Lehigh Valley Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of EM Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 8, 2011
• First Posted: July 26, 2011
• Study Start: November 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2008
• Study Completion: May 1, 2012
• Last Updated: October 14, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)