NCT00851058

Reducing Driving Offenses of Adolescent Drinkers

A Randomized Control Trial of the Effectiveness of of Group Motivational Counseling and an Emergency Department Experience in Reducing Risky Alcohol Use and Driving Behaviors.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 786 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine the effectiveness of four group session of motivational counseling plus six hours of direct observations of the emergency department trauma services in comparison to four group session and six hours of community volunteering and also in comparison to four hours of education and 16 hours of community volunteering in reducing alcohol use and high risk driving behaviors and offenses among court referred 16-20 year old drivers.

Conditions

• Alcohol Consumption

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Brief group counseling	Four group counseling sessions and six hours of direct observations of the emergency and trauma services in a busy urban hospital.
BEHAVIORAL	Community Counseling	Four session of group counseling and six hours of guided observation of the emergency and trauma services at a busy urban hospital
BEHAVIORAL	Prototypic community service	Two educational session on road safety and 16 hours of volunteering in a local not for profit community service.
BEHAVIORAL	Prototypic community service	Four hours education about road safety and 16 hours volunteering at a local not for profit community service

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-05-01
• Primary completion: 2010-03-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2009-02-25
• Last updated: 2011-02-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States