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Clinical Trials/NCT02948400
NCT02948400CompletedNot Applicable

Virtual Reality by Mobile Phone: Improving Child Pedestrian Safety

University of Alabama at Birmingham2 sites in 1 country500 target enrollmentStarted: December 2016Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Enrollment
500
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
Risky Crossings

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct a non-inferiority clinical trial to evaluate whether children trained in pedestrian safety amidst a Google Cardboard virtual environment achieve equivalent levels of pedestrian safety to children trained in a full semi-immersive virtual pedestrian environment

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
7 Years to 8 Years (Child)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Inclusion Criteria

  • children ages 7-8 and their families
  • one sibling per family, randomly chosen if multiple siblings are eligible
  • children and parent speak English

Exclusion Criteria

  • disabilities that prohibit participants from valid understanding of or participation in the experimental protocol
  • families that plan to move more than 50 miles away over the next year
  • families unable to commit to frequent visits required in the study protocol

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Risky Crossings

Time Frame: 3.5 months after baseline (about 1 week after completion of all training)

risky crossings in virtual environment setting, indicated by hits/close calls while crossing virtual street

Secondary Outcomes

No secondary outcomes reported

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

David Schwebel

Principal Investigator

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Study Sites (2)

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