Feasibility of a computer-delivered driver safety behavior screening and intervention program initiated during an emergency department visit.

Conclusions: Overall, patients were very satisfied receiving educational information about these behaviors via computer during their ED visits and found the program easy to use. We found a high prevalence of self-reported risky driving behaviors in our ED population. At 1-month follow-up, patients reported a significant decrease in these behaviors. This study indicates that a low-intensity, computer-based educational intervention during an ED visit may be a useful approach to educate patients about safe driving behaviors and safe drinking limits and help promote behavior change. Supplemental materials are available for this article. Go to the publisher's online edition of Traffic Injury Prevention to view the supplemental file. PMID: 23259517 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Traffic Injury Prevention - January 20, 2013 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Murphy M, Smith L, Palma A, Lounsbury D, Bijur P, Chambers P, Gallagher EJ Tags: Traffic Inj Prev Source Type: research