NCT03833713

Utilizing Text Messaging to Improve Vehicle Safety Among At-Risk Young Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 218 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The "Safe Vehicle Engagement (SaVE)" trials are 3 parallel randomized clinical trials that aim to determine the impact of text messaging (SMS) vehicle safety interventions vs. weekly SMS vehicle safety self-monitoring alone on seat belt use, distracted driving and drink driving among young adults identified in the emergency department (ED) with risky vehicle behaviors.

Detailed description

The investigators propose to conduct 3 related randomized, controlled, parallel group, assessor-blind, superiority trials of 6-week text message interventions vs. SMS vehicle safety self-monitoring in young adult participants with risky vehicle behaviors. A total of 500 adult participants will be enrolled: 300 into Cohort 1 (seat belt); 100 into Cohort 2 (distracted driving); 100 into Cohort 3 (drink driving). Each SMS intervention will be designed to target a single risk behavior. The study is powered to show a difference of 15% in the percentage of subjects reporting seat belt use at week 8. Other cohort trials (i.e. distracted driving, drink driving) and outcomes will be exploratory.

Conditions

• Risk Reduction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SMS Dialogue	Once-weekly SMS dialogue sessions or micro-interventions and use behavior change techniques (BCTs) including self-monitoring with performance feedback and goal support
BEHAVIORAL	SMS Assessments	Once-weekly SMS assessments of motor vehicle risks

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-26
• Primary completion: 2021-11-22
• Completion: 2021-11-22
• First posted: 2019-02-07
• Last updated: 2024-08-09
• Results posted: 2024-08-09

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States