Behavioral Skills Training Methods to Reduce Car Seat Misuse

Motor Vehicle Injury Clinical Trial

— BSTCPS  

Official title:

In-person and Telehealth Versions of Behavioral Skills Training to Reduce Car Seat Misuse

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05490992
• Other study ID #: BSTCPS2022
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Pro Consumer Safety - Public Health Behavior Solutions
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of child passenger educational methods to measure their ability to effectively reduce car seat misuse. The study will assess the traditional child passenger educational method delivered by a child passenger safety technician by comparing it to an in-person and virtual telehealth Behavioral Skills Training approach to reduce car seat misuse.

Description:

This study of 2,449 expectant couples involved two experiments. Experiment-1: included 1,224 participants, comparing 600 participants receiving no intervention and 600 participants receiving education with behavioral skills training (BST) in-person.

Experiment-2: included 1,224 participants, comparing 600 participants receiving BST-in-person to BST with telehealth.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 2448
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women at least 7-month gestation and their partner, living within Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino or Riverside counties; consented to the study and follow-up evaluation; and at the time of session had their child restraint system(s) and vehicle(s) available.

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Motor Vehicle Injury

Intervention

Other:
• Behavioral Skills Training In-person
Both an in-person and virtual telehealth version of Behavioral Skills Training (BST) was compared to the "Car seat check-up traditional car seat educational method" and BST telehealth was compared to BST in-person.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Pro Consumer Safety/Pro Car Seat Safety - NHTSA CPS Inspection Station	Los Angeles	California

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Pro Consumer Safety - Public Health Behavior Solutions	University of Southern California

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (20)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	child restraint misuse	Incidence of misuse	12 months