Brief Child Safety Interventions in Emergency Departments (Safety in Seconds)

Injury Prevention Clinical Trial

Official title:

Brief Child Safety Interventions in Emergency Departments (Safety in Seconds)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01432041
• Other study ID #: JHSPH-H.31.02.04.03.B2
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2004
• Est. completion date: December 2005

Study information

• Verified date: September 2011
• Source: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Safety in seconds is a randomized controlled trial of a computer tailored Injury Prevention program which was conducted in the waiting area of a level 1 pediatric trauma center. A computer kiosk was used to randomly assign participants to study groups, collect baseline data and generate tailored reports based on responses to assessment items. An intervention group received a personalized and stage-tailored safety report and a control group received a personalized, but otherwise generic report on other child health topics. Telephone follow-up interviews were conducted 2-4 weeks and again 4-6 months after enrollment. Home visits were completed for a subset (n=100) of parents who completed the 4-6 month follow-up interview. The study aimed to increase knowledge, self reported and observed safety behaviors.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 901
• Est. completion date: December 2005
• Est. primary completion date: December 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible parents or guardians had to be English-speaking;
• have a child between 4-66 months of age seeking treatment for an injury or medical complaint, or have an age-appropriate sibling of a child being seen for these reasons;
• live in Baltimore City;
• and live with the child at least some of the time. Exclusion Criteria: -parents which did not meet inclusion criteria

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Injury Prevention

Intervention

Behavioral:
• tailored health education
Health Information via a computer kiosk in the pediatric emergency department

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

References & Publications (1)

Gielen AC, McKenzie LB, McDonald EM, Shields WC, Wang MC, Cheng YJ, Weaver NL, Walker AR. Using a computer kiosk to promote child safety: results of a randomized, controlled trial in an urban pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics. 2007 Aug;120(2):330-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-2703. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Knowledge outcome	Measures of Home safety Knowledge
Primary	Reported and Observed Home Safety behaviors	Reportedf and Observed Home Safety Behaviors (Car Seats, Smoke Alarms)