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Brief Intervention to Increase Safety Belt Use Among ED Patients
This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 2006
Sponsored by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00300859
  Purpose

DESCRIPTION (adapted from applicant's abstract): Injury control experts suggest that consistent SBU is the most effective means for motorists to reduce1he risk of death or serious injury in a crash. Sadly, the SBU prevalence among Massachusetts' residents is among the lowest in the nation. In accord with Healthy People 2010, Objective 15-19, and the CDC's Injury Research Agenda, the investigator will test the utility of a brief intervention to increase SBU among ED patients with self-reported SBU that IS less than "always". A secondary aim is to determine if the brief intervention is more effective among persons being treated for a motor vehicle crash (MVC)-related injury during a "teachable moment" than other non-injured ED patients receiving the same intervention. The research staff will systematically sample ED patients, screening for SBU among eligible participants during a 3-month period. Upon obtaining verbal consent, researchers will ask participants to complete a self-administered screening form on health and safety issues, including SBU. Patients that screen positive, (i.e., give an answer of less than "always use" safety belts) on a SBU screening question will be asked to participate in an intervention to promote health and safety among ED patients. Participants will be reimbursed for their time, and asked to do the following: to give written informed consent via IRB-approved forms and a HIPAA release form; complete an intake form, and agree to a follow-up phone interview at 3 and 6 months post-enrollment. Participants will be randomized into one of two groups: an Intervention Group that will receive a brief intervention designed to increase SBU, and a Control Group that will receive only standard care. Research staff will contact participants for a follow-up phone survey at 3 and 6 months to test the hypothesis that individuals randomized to the Intervention Group will have a higher self-reported SBU than those in the Control Group that received only standard care. Likewise, for the secondary (exploratory) analysis, the hypothesis is that among those treated for MVC-related trauma--and randomized to the intervention group--will have a higher self-reported SBU than others with non MVC-related trauma due to a greater receptivity to brief intervention techniques during the ED visit (i.e. the "teachable moment").


Condition Intervention Phase
Accidents, Traffic
Behavioral: brief motivational intervention
Phase IV

U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Educational/Counseling/Training, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment
Official Title: Brief Intervention to Increase Safety Belt Use Among ED Patients

Further study details as provided by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • seat belt use

Study Start Date: February 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date: October 2006
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • ED patients greater than 18 years old, speak English, normal mental status, can give free and autonomous consent,

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patient does not have a telephone or is homeless, altered mental status, is a prisoner, under psychiatric evaluation
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00300859

Contacts
Contact: William Fernandez, MD 617-414-4927 william.fernandez@bmc.org
Contact: Patricia Mitchell 617-414-4560 pmitch@bu.edu

Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Principal Investigator: William Fernandez, MD Boston University School of Medicine Dept. of Emergency Medicine
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: CDC-NCIPC-0681, 1R49 CE000681-01
Study First Received: March 8, 2006
Last Updated: March 9, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00300859  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 15, 2009