Level of Knowledge and Habitual Concepts of Turkish Parents on Child Passenger Safety

Accidents, Traffic Clinical Trial

Official title:

"Too Small for a Car Seat". An Unnoticed Obstacle to the Proper Use of Car Seats!

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01652274
• Other study ID #: B 30 2 FTH 0 20 00 00/136
• Secondary ID: B 30 2 FTH 0 20
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 21, 2012
• Last updated: August 16, 2012
• Start date: June 2012
• Est. completion date: August 2012

Study information

• Verified date: August 2012
• Source: Fatih University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Turkey: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

It is well known that traffic accidents are one of the major reasons for death in childhood. Unfortunately scientific and statistical data usually comes from developed countries. In this study, the investigators will try to evaluate Turkish families' knowledge on Child Passenger Safety, observe how they carry their babies in the car and investigated the reasons behind the undesired behaviors.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 98
• Est. completion date: August 2012
• Est. primary completion date: August 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All families

Exclusion Criteria:

• Families with premature or neurologically disabled babies.

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidents, Traffic
• Equipment Safety

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Fatih University Hospital	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fatih University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (7)

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Committee on Injury, Violence, and Poison Prevention, Durbin DR. Child passenger safety. Pediatrics. 2011 Apr;127(4):788-93. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0213. Epub 2011 Mar 21. — View Citation

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Kakefuda I, Yamanaka T, Stallones L, Motomura Y, Nishida Y. Child restraint seat use behavior and attitude among Japanese mothers. Accid Anal Prev. 2008 May;40(3):1234-43. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.01.013. Epub 2008 Feb 25. — View Citation

Lennon A. A risky treat: exploring parental perceptions of the barriers to seating their children in the rear seats of passenger vehicles. Inj Prev. 2007 Apr;13(2):105-9. — View Citation

Macy ML, Clark SJ, Freed GL, Butchart AT, Singer DC, Sasson C, Meurer WJ, Davis MM. Carpooling and booster seats: a national survey of parents. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb;129(2):290-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-0575. Epub 2012 Jan 30. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	reasons for not using car seat	face to face interview	baseline	No
Primary	test score	test score that measures the level of knowledge on child passenger safety by a 10 item questionnaire	baseline	No
Secondary	Number of families using car seats properly	I will be evaluated in 4 categories: Connecting the baby to the car seat properly, Connecting the car seat to the car properly, Using the rear facing, Placing the car seat to the center rear of the car.	baseline	No