Transportation Safety in Adolescence

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Automobile Accident

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent-Teen Intervention; Other: Usual Practice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03639753

R01HD095248 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB-834765

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed project will focus on improving teen driver safety as motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and injury to adolescents. If successful, research findings will lead to clear strategies to reduce motor vehicle crashes.

Enrollment: 2,216 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Teens between 16 and 17 years and 4 months (17.33 years) of age
• Pennsylvania state learner's permits
• Will have their Pennsylvania state learner's permit for at least 6 months (self-report)
• Self-report of less than 10 hours of behind-the-wheel driving experience.
• Teen and parent/caregiver fluent in written and spoken English
• Access to at least one practice vehicle
• Email address and internet access to complete study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Teens with self-reported or parent reported (of teen's) visual, medical, or physical impairments that would require a handicap placard or assistive device to drive.
• Teens with pervasive developmental delays
• Have a sibling enrolled in this study
• Enrolled in other teen driving studies

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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2,216 participants in 2 patient groups

Parent-Teen Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Parent health coaching session and supportive materials, teen on road driver assessment with feedback.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent-Teen Intervention

Usual Practice

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Usual Practice