Clinical trial NCT01733537: Improving Motorcycle Taxi Driver Visibility in Tanzania
Official title: Improving Motorcycle Taxi Driver Visibility in Tanzania-A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Accidents, Traffic
Keywords: traffic accidents, motorcycle, injury, conspicuity
Lead sponsor: Duke University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Tanzania
name: Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health
First posted: 2012-11-27
Enrollment: 180
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether providing motorcycle taxi drivers with a free reflective fluorescent vest will result in increased use of reflective or fluorescent clothing compared to education about wearing reflective or fluorescent clothing alone.

Detailed description: Road traffic injuries are the 4th leading cause of death among individuals in the economically productive age group (age 15 to 59) in low and middle income countries. The Africa region currently has some of the world's highest traffic injury rates, with vulnerable road users, including motorcycle riders, bearing a disproportionate share of the injury burden.

Motorcycles are a rapidly growing form of transport in Africa, both for personal and commercial transportation. Conspicuity measures-factors that increase a motorcycle rider's visibility-for the prevention of motorcycle crash have been previously studied and found to be associated with a decreased risk of crash.

Motorcycle taxi drivers are a particularly high risk population for motorcycle crash as they operate a motorcycle for several hours a day. Reflective, fluorescent safety vests are a common article worn by motorcycle drivers in some locations; however, penetration of such clothing in Moshi is currently low. This study aims to increase use of reflective vests among commercial motorcycle drivers. We will test whether provision of a free reflective, fluorescent vest increases use of reflective, fluorescent clothing compared to education about wearing reflective, fluorescent clothing alone.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* motorcycle riders who identify themselves as motorcycle taxi drivers
* individuals must work at least 2 days a week as a motorcycle taxi driver
* have a telephone number for ride solicitation
* have a license plate that is able to be recorded
* are at least 18 years old
* are willing to have us contact them in the future for repeat surveys

Exclusion Criteria:

* motorcycle riders who do not meet the above criteria
* motorcycle riders who do not consent to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: Use of reflective or fluorescent clothing
timeFrame: 3-5 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Wearing White Helmet
timeFrame: 3-5 months
measure: Daytime Running Headlights
timeFrame: 3-5 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Kilimanjaro Region
country: Tanzania
facility: Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania
Study officials:
affiliation: Duke University
name: Nathan M Thielman, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Duke University
name: Steven A Sumner, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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