The Impact Of Text Message (SMS) Reminders On Helmet Use Among Motorcycle Drivers In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 October 2015
• Main ID: NCT02120742
• Date of registration: 19/04/2014
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Amend
• Public title: The Impact Of Text Message (SMS) Reminders On Helmet Use Among Motorcycle Drivers In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Scientific title: The Impact Of Text Message (SMS) Reminders On Helmet Use Among Motorcycle Drivers In Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
• Date of first enrolment: April 2014
• Target sample size: 391
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02120742
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Tanzania

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 18 or older

- Must own a cell phone with text-message features

- Must demonstrate ability to retrieve and read text-messages

- Must have access to a helmet.

Exclusion Criteria:



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Male

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Road Traffic Injury Prevention

mHealth Intervention

Helmet Use

Intervention(s)

Behavioral: SMS message reminder

Primary Outcome(s)

Self-reported adherence to helmet use [Time Frame: Midpoint of study (3 weeks)]

Self-reported adherence to helmet use [Time Frame: Endpoint of study (6 weeks)]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Attitude change [Time Frame: 6 weeks]

Secondary ID(s)

D14103

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center