Increasing Seat Belt Wearing and Decreasing Handheld Phone Use While Driving
- Conditions
- Driving BehaviorsImpaired DrivingDistracted Driving
- Registration Number
- NCT05469477
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Brief Summary
The study team is proposing to conduct a randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of behavioral and financial incentives on phone use while driving and seat belt adherence. Each arm will receive a support text if their app is not collecting data. The behavioral engagement intervention includes persuasive education, mental contrasting with implementation intentions, customized habit tips, weekly feedback about participants' streaks, and encouraging SMS texts. The two financial incentive interventions add on weekly raffles or shared pots for participants with perfect streaks.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1139
- Are a GM/OnStar customer.
- Are 18 or older.
- Meet minimum trip requirements.
- Uses vehicle with OnStar
- At least 5 weeks of baseline trip data with >=8 trips/week at baseline on average
- Baseline seat belt use <= 75% on trips less than 2 miles and <= 90 on trips greater than 2 miles
- English reading ability
- Have an email address
- Have a smartphone with iPhone iOS 12 or later or Android OS 7 or later
- You are unable to read and understand English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- FACTORIAL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Proportion of trips with seat belt use 105 days Calculated as the number of trips during which a driver's seat belt click was detected, divided by total number of trips (defined as 1/10 of a mile or greater).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Seconds of active (handheld) phone use per hour of driving 105 days This is a composite outcome that measures the proportion of total trip time in which the driver is engaged in handheld phone call use or non-call handheld use (e.g. texting, swiping, and typing), as measured by the Way to Drive app.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Pennsylvania
🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Pennsylvania🇺🇸Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States