Virtual Reality by Mobile Phone: Improving Child Pedestrian Safety

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Child Pedestrian Safety

• Registration Number: NCT02948400
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-10-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-10-27
• Study First Posted: 2016-10-28
• Study Start: 2016-12
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-20
• Study Completion: 2022-12-20
• Results First Submitted: 2023-11-27
• Status Verified: 2024-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-01-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-01-03
• Results First Posted: 2024-01-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 500

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Risky Crossings	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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States