Taking POSNA's OrthoKids to the People

Pediatric ALL Clinical Trial

Official title:

Taking POSNA's OrthoKids to the People: Overcoming Knowledge Disparities in Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04996745
• Other study ID #: POSNA's OrthoKids
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2021
• Est. completion date: June 2022

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this project is to determine the efficacy of a tablet-based educational intervention at improving orthopaedic health literacy amongst families of pediatric patients treated for fractures in an outpatient setting.

Description:

This project aims to reduce knowledge disparity amongst caregivers of patients presenting for pediatric fracture care. At our institution, many patients presenting with fractures do not have easy access to either technology or the internet, preventing caregivers from benefiting from educational tools such as POSNA's OrthoKids®. We are planning to increase access and improve health literacy through a simple intervention of providing tablet-based access to POSNA's Orthokids while families are waiting for their physician. Families will be randomized to either standard waiting room experience vs. tablet-based educational intervention to limit selection bias. A brief pre-visit questionnaire will be completed by all caregivers to assess fracture and cast care knowledge as well as the highest educational degree obtained by the caregiver.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: June 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria (RCT and observational arms):

• Children with forearm fractures who presented to the CHNOLA ED. "Children" are defined as persons under the age of 18 years for this study. "Forearm fracture" is defined as a radial and or ulnar shaft fracture for this study.

• Documented radiographs must show an injury in which the fracture line is wholly located within the diaphysis of the radius or ulna.

Exclusion Criteria (RCT and observational arms):

• Fractures that require internal or external fixation

• Fractures associated with multi-system trauma

• Caregivers that do not speak English or Spanish as their first language

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Pediatric ALL

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Tablet-based educational intervention
POSNA's Orthokids website and the article on pediatric forearm fracture will be provided on a tablet. The article provided has two separate tabs, labeled "Condition" and "FAQs", that caregivers will be able to read through. Those who speak Spanish will have the Spanish translated version of Orthokids.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Knowledge questionnaire scores		up to the second clinic followup visit (Average 6 weeks)
Secondary	Change in caregiver satisfaction scores		up to the second clinic followup visit (Average 6 weeks)
Secondary	Feedback about the OrthoKids website		up to the second clinic followup visit (Average 6 weeks)