Evaluating a Website for Parents of Injured Children

Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating a Website for Parents of Injured Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00974467
• Other study ID #: 2008-4-5932
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• First received: September 9, 2009
• Last updated: March 11, 2015
• Start date: May 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: January 2012
• Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the current protocol is to evaluate the ability of the AfterTheInjury website to increase parent knowledge and skills.

Description:

The purpose of the current protocol is to evaluate the ability of the AfterTheInjury website to increase parent knowledge and skills. Primary objective is to compare website condition vs control with regard to (a) immediate parent learning outcomes and (b) coping assistance provided by parents as reported at 6 wks. Secondary objective is to compare conditions as above with regard to child and parent PTS symptoms at 6 wks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 6 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Children age 6 through 17 who sustained an injury within the past 2 months and their parents.

2. Have access to the Internet at home (for Stage 3 only)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Parent does not read or understand English

2. Child's injury is due to participation in organized sports

3. Child's injury is due to suspected abuse or family violence

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• After The Injury website
Parents participate in a web-based prevention intervention, which provides education and tips specific to coping with a child's injury.

Other:
• Control
Usual hospital care provided.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Scores on measure of parent knowledge re: traumatic stress and coping assistance.		6 wks post-intervention	No