TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - An approach towards reducing road traffic injuries and improving public health through big data telematics: a randomised controlled trial protocol
JO  - Archives of Iranian medicine
A1  - Azmin, Mehrdad
A1  - Jafari, Ayyoob
A1  - Rezaei, Nazila
A1  - Bhalla, Kavi
A1  - Bose, Dipan
A1  - Shahraz, Saeid
A1  - Dehghani, Mina
A1  - Niloofar, Parastoo
A1  - Fatholahi, Soraya
A1  - Hedayati, Javad
A1  - Jamshidi, Hamidreza
A1  - Farzadfar, Farshad
SP  - 495
EP  - 501
VL  - 21
IS  - 11
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Deaths due to road traffic accidents (RTAs) are a major public health concern around the world. Developing countries are over-represented in these statistics. Punitive measures are traditionally employed to lower RTA related behavioural risk factors. These are, however, resource intensive and require infrastructure development. This is a randomised controlled study to investigate the effect of non-punitive behavioural intervention through peer-comparison feedback based on driver behaviour data gathered by an in-vehicle telematics device. <br><br>DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A randomised controlled trial using repeated measures design conducted in Iran on the drivers of 112 public transport taxis in Tehran province and 1309 inter-city busses operating nationwide. Driving data is captured by an in-vehicle telematics device and sent to a centrally located data centre using a mobile network. The telematics device is installed in all vehicles. Participants are males aged above 20 who have had the device operating in their vehicles for at least 3 months prior to the start of the trial. INTERVENTION: The study had three stages: 1- Driver performance was monitored for a 4-week period after which they were randomised into intervention and control groups. 2- Their performance was monitored for a 9-week period. At the end of each week, drivers in the intervention group received a scorecard and a note informing them of their weekly behaviour and ranking within their peer group. Drivers in the control group received no feedback via short messaging service (SMS). 3- Drivers did not receive further feedback and their behaviour was monitored for another 4 weeks. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURE: Primary outcome was changes in weekly driving score in intervention and control groups during stage 2 of intervention. Taxis and busses were analysed separately using generalised estimating equation analysis. FUNDING AND ETHICAL APPROVAL: This project was funded by the National Institute for Medical Research Development (Grant No.940576) and approved by its ethics committee (Code: IR.NIMAD.REC.1394.016). This trial was registered at www.irct.ir as IRCT20180708040391N1.<br><br>© 2018 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1029-2977
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -