Effect of psychosocial interventions on risky driving behaviours among offender drivers by using simulated and real driving: study protocol for a non-randomised controlled trial.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BMJ Pub. Group Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9510056 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1475-5785 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 13538047 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Inj Prev Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BMJ Pub. Group, c1995-
    • Subject Terms:
      Automobile Driving* ; Criminals*; Humans ; Accidents, Traffic/prevention & control ; Psychosocial Intervention ; Iran
    • Abstract:
      Background: Risky driving behaviour including anger while driving has led to millions of global road traffic crashes, thousands of mortalities and injuries. These losses are much more in middle-income countries, such as Iran. This paper explains methods of data collection in a controlled trial study for evaluating the effect of psychosocial interventions on risky driving by using simulated and real driving.
      Methods: This non-randomised controlled trial study will include 180 offender drivers. They will refer to the simulation laboratory by traffic police after their driving licences were suspended. At baseline, all participants will fill five questionnaires including demographic, Driving Anger Scale, Driving Anger Expression Scale, Spielberger's Anger and Manchester Driving Behavioural, and then they will be tested with a driving simulator. Afterwards, they will be allocated to one of three-intervention training arms (mindfulness, meta-cognition and social marketing) or a control arm without any training. Risky driving behaviours will be assessed in three follow-ups after intervention. The primary outcome of interest will be driving offences, recorded by traffic police in two time points: at 6 months and 1 year after the intervention.
      Discussion: This study examines the effect of three interventions in reducing driving offence. The results can end in a new therapeutic training or a new legislation that should be added to current obligatory training for getting driving licence and can lead to long-term safe driving among Iranian drivers. Future research is recommended to study the cost-effectiveness of these interventions in actual driving in Iran.
      Trial Registration Number: UMIN000039493.
      Competing Interests: Competing interests: None declared.
      (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: behavior change; burden of disease; driver; multiple injury; non-randomized trial; psychological
    • Molecular Sequence:
      UMIN-CTR UMIN000039493
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20230105 Date Completed: 20230522 Latest Revision: 20230523
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      10.1136/ip-2022-044779
    • Accession Number:
      36600587