RYDD: Reducing Youthful Dangerous Driving

• Sponsor: Rhode Island Hospital (Other)
• Overall Status: Unknown status
• CT.gov ID: NCT00852085
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 482
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 44

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

To examine the effectiveness of four motivational counseling groups and a directed observational experience in the emergency room in comparison to education and community volunteering only, in reducing high risk driving behaviors

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Injuries	Behavioral: Enhanced community service; Behavioral: Group MI	Phase 1/Phase 2

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 482 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Study Start Date: Oct 1, 2005
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2009
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2009

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Group MI Four group counseling sessions and a directed observational visit to the emergency department of a busy urban hospital	Behavioral: Group MI; Four group counseling sessions and two directed observational visits to an emergency department
Active Comparator: Enhanced community service	Behavioral: Enhanced community service; Two educational sessions and volunteering at a local community service site

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Rates of traffic offenses [12 months post intervention completion]

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Self-reported high risk driving behaviors [12 months post intervention completion]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 Years to 20 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age 16-20 years

• Court referred for driving offense

• Speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age over 20 years

• Not court referred

• Not English speaking

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Rhode Island Hospital

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00852085
• Other Study ID Numbers: 5R49CE000544-03
• First Posted: Feb 26, 2009
• Last Update Posted: Feb 26, 2009
• Last Verified: Feb 1, 2009

• Keywords provided by , ,: Counseling; Crime; Adolescent

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Feb 26, 2009