Standard Motorcycle Child Safety Helmet Initiative (MCHI) Program

Head Injuries Clinical Trial

— MCHI  

Official title:

Standard Motorcycle Child Safety Helmet Initiative Program for the Safety of Child Pillion Riders in Malaysia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03619473
• Other study ID #: Motorcycle Child Helmet Study
• Secondary ID: 6384400
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Universiti Putra Malaysia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The main aim of this intervention study is to test the hypothesis if helmet initiative program will significantly increase helmet usage in primary school students. The secondary aim of this intervention is to evaluate the behavioral change in standard child safety helmet usage among the parent/adult riders. The study was conducted in 23 primary school in Selangor from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2018 in three different phases.

Description:

In Malaysia, the road traffic plans estimated that the number of death on road traffics might increase almost 23% from 2014-2020 (Royal Police of Malaysia, 2017). The main road crash involved the motorcyclist and the main cause of death was due to the severe head injuries. Previous study in Malaysia had reported only 20% of proper helmet usage among the adult riders (Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, 2015). This highlights the need to transfer the knowledge to the parent/adult riders on the importance, proper usage and availability of the standard child safety helmet and hence increase the prevalence of standard helmet usage for the pillion riders especially for the children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 2000
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• primary school students from selected school

• aged 7 - 12 years old

• Travel to school by motorcycle.

• the adult rider able to speak/read Malay and English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students who are travelling to school using mode of transport other than motorcycle.

• pre school students

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Craniocerebral Trauma
• Head Injuries

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Standard motorcycle child safety helmet
Educational session followed by demonstration on proper helmet wearing how to differentiate non-standard and standard helmets how to keep motorcycle safe using ABCD concept importance of wearing bright clothes police summon for not wearing helmets live demo on poor performance of non-standard helmet giving away standard motorcycle child safety helmets oath taking by parents and children distribution and placement of VEM on parents' motorcycles

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Malaysia	Primary Schools in Hulu Langat District	Hulu Langat	Selangor
Malaysia	Primary Schools in Petaling Perdana District	Shah Alam	Selangor

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universiti Putra Malaysia	Halliburton Foundation USA, Safe Kids Worldwide USA

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Malaysia, 

References & Publications (1)

Kulanthayan S, Umar RS, Hariza HA, Nasir MT, Harwant S. Compliance of proper safety helmet usage in motorcyclists. Med J Malaysia. 2000 Mar;55(1):40-4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	There will be increase in the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention	There will be increase in the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage among primary school students after the educational session under helmet initiative program as well as after the distribution of standard motorcycle child safety helmets.; The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information about the risks of riding without standard helmet include the severity of injury to children. This will be an effective effort for continuous usage of standard helmet among child pillion riders; Distribution of standard motorcycle child safety helmets will be able to increase the ownership of standard child helmet especially among those who; hence will increase the prevalence of standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	There will be increase in the prevalence of proper standard motorcycle safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention	Wearing a properly fitted, safety-approved motorcycle helmet will able to reduce head injuries.; The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information about the severity of injury to children due to improper helmet usage. This will be an effective effort to reduce the prevalence of head injuries among child pillion riders	through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary	There will be increase in mean score of parents' knowledge measured using questionnaire in standard motorcycle child safety helmet usage in post intervention compared to pre-intervention	The usage of standard child motorcycle helmet among child pillion riders will be more successful when they receive consistent messages from their parents.; The educational session under helmet initiative program will provide important information on the law, proper usage, risk of non-usage and the consequences to the parents which further will develope a positive attitude toward helmet wearing for children.; parents' practice in helmet usage will significantly motivates the children to wear a helmet	through study completion, an average of 1 year

External Links

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