Clinical trial NCT06611241: Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers
Official title: Hazard Anticipation Program for Parents of Teen Drivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Motor Vehicle Accident
Interaction, Parent-Offspring
Lead sponsor: University of Iowa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-09-24
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study will test an intervention that was developed to improve parents\&amp;#39; driving instruction of teens\&amp;#39; hazard anticipation skills when teens are in the learner phase of licensure. Half of the parents in the study will receive the intervention and half will not. Investigators will then compare driving instructions given by parents in the two groups by recording driving sessions that parents and teens have together in that real world and by recording a drive that parents and teens will complete in a driving simulator. The driving simulator allows us to expose teens and parents to hazards they may encounter on the roadway without putting them in harm\&amp;#39;s way.

Detailed description: The project seeks to test an intervention designed to improve parents' communication about roadway hazards by comparing parent instruction and teen driving outcomes between dyads whose parents were assigned to the intervention vs. the control condition. Participants will be 100 parent-teen dyads. Half of the parent-teen dyads will receive the intervention and half will not. Parents who receive the intervention will complete web-based program developed to help parents instruct teens on how to identify hazards on the roadway and respond appropriately before they pose a crash risk. Parents in the intervention arm of the study will be given 2 weeks to complete the training. Parents in the control arm of the study will not receive training. After the delivery period, parents and teens will be given two additional weeks to apply the training in their everyday driving instruction. During this period, parents in both groups will complete a minimum of 5 drives with their teen that will be recorded. Investigators will then have teens and parents complete a drive in a driving simulator. Teens will drive and parents will instruct from the passenger seat, just like they would in the real world. The drive will have 12 hazards. Compared to parents in the control group, investigators believe that parents in the intervention group will exhibit improved communication about potential hazard detection with their teens. Similarly, the investigators believe that teens of parents who received the training will be better at anticipating and reacting to potential hazards on the roadway when driving independently compared to teens whose parents did not engage in the program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Adolescents must be between the ages of 14 and 17 years. Additionally, they must be in the learner period of licensure.
* Parents must be the primary instructor of their teen's supervised driving.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Parental instruction of teen&#39;s driving in vehicle
timeFrame: Measures of parental instruction of teen&#39;s driving in the simulator will take place approximately between weeks 2 and 4 weeks of study enrollment.
measure: Parental instruction of teen&amp;#39;s driving in simulator
timeFrame: Measures of parental instruction of teen&amp;#39;s driving in the simulator will take place approximately 4 weeks after enrollment.
measure: Teens driving performance in simulator - lane position
timeFrame: Measures of teen&amp;amp;amp;#39;s driving performance in the simulator will take place approximately 4 weeks after enrollment.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Teens driving performance - accelerator release
timeFrame: Measures of teen&amp;amp;amp;#39;s accelerator release in the simulator will take place approximately 4 weeks after enrollment.
measure: Teens driving performance in simulator - brake force
timeFrame: Measures of teen&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39;s driving performance in the simulator will take place approximately 4 weeks after enrollment.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Iowa CIty
country: United States
facility: University of Iowa
state: Iowa
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