Teaching Injury Prevention
Primary Purpose
Injury Prevention
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
United States
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Education
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Injury Prevention focused on measuring Injury Prevention
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Any parent/legal guardian of a child between the ages of 0-14 presenting to the emergency department with an acuity level of 3, 4, or 5 (per CCHMC ED guidelines) as determined by a triage nurse will be eligible for participation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Family with a child presenting to the emergency department with an acuity level of 1 or 2 as given by a triage nurse.
- Non-English speaking families
- A parent or legal guardian who is less than 18 years of age
- A parent or legal guardian with a child who is greater than 14 years old.
- Primary parent or guardian not present with the child being seen in the Emergency Department.
- Families who are unable or unwilling to complete follow-up procedures
Sites / Locations
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Other
Experimental
Arm Label
Injury Prevention Specialist
Kiosk Intervention
Arm Description
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Change to Practice Safer Behaviors
To determine if families cared for in a pediatric emergency department will report practicing safer behaviors after their visit if provided with targeted injury prevention information by a waiting room computerized kiosk in comparison with an injury prevention specialist.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Change in Use of Safety Equipment
To determine if families screened using a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED will admit to purchasing and using safety equipment more often if provided with recommendations using a computerized kiosk compared to an injury prevention specialist.
Time Spent on Intervention
To compare the time spent to be screened and provided targeted safety recommendations from a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED compared to an IP specialist in the same setting.
Patient Satisfaction
To look at patient satisfaction about the IP information received from a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED versus an injury prevention specialist.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT01958099
First Posted
October 4, 2013
Last Updated
October 7, 2013
Sponsor
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Collaborators
Ohio Department of Public Safety
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT01958099
Brief Title
Teaching Injury Prevention
Official Title
Behavior Change by Families in a Pediatric Emergency Department After Receiving Injury Prevention Information From a Safety Specialist Compared to a Computerized Kiosk
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
October 2013
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
August 2010 (undefined)
Primary Completion Date
December 2011 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
September 2013 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Sponsor
Name of the Sponsor
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Collaborators
Ohio Department of Public Safety
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this project is to compare the costs, ability to effectively screen and distribute relevant safety information, and assess products purchased and behavior changed by families after meeting with an injury prevention specialist compared to using a computerized emergency department kiosk. There will be a significantly greater reported practice of safety behaviors by families who visit a pediatric emergency department after using a computerized kiosk for injury screening and providing tailored recommendations than when the prevention information is provided by an injury prevention specialist.
Detailed Description
In the past few years, physicians have been proposing that an emergency department visit may act as a "teachable moment" and emergency medicine physicians should educate families about injury prevention. With an epidemic number of injuries occurring, every health care provider should play some role in combating the problem. However, emergency departments can be busy and overcrowded, making it difficult for staff, in a cost efficient manner, to be able to provide families with the appropriate injury prevention information. Kiosks have been shown to be effective in a pediatric emergency department setting to determine the needs of families and to educate them about safety practices. Thus, computerized kiosks may offer a more cost effective alternative to educating families, compared to a staff member, about injury prevention in the emergency medicine setting and they would have the ability to reach more individuals during the non-high peak emergency department hours which are difficult to staff. Also, a computerized kiosk may be more effective in eliciting a behavior change than a staff person as families may be inclined to answer more freely when asked questions anonymously, allowing them to receive more detailed safety information. In addition, the kiosk provides direct recommendations about behavior changes based on parental responses in a very short time period. Typically, families only hear about a few behavior change recommendations when discussing with an injury prevention staff person in an emergency department setting due to time constraints and family interest. With more directed injury prevention information and detailed recommendations on behavior changes in a cost efficient manner, kiosks may prove to be more effective in having families practice safer behaviors after leaving the pediatric emergency department.
This is a comparative study performed in the emergency department of a level 1 pediatric trauma center during the normal business hours of the Safety Resource Center. Families entering the pediatric emergency department for care will be randomized on specific days of the week to receive IP information from an IP specialist or from a computerized kiosk in the waiting room. A twenty day block random numbers table will be used to determine which days families entering the ED will utilize the computerized kiosk and which days they will be screened by clinical research assistants (CRCs) and provided with safety instructions by an IP specialist.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Injury Prevention
Keywords
Injury Prevention
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
Investigator
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
359 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Injury Prevention Specialist
Arm Type
Other
Arm Title
Kiosk Intervention
Arm Type
Experimental
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Education
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change to Practice Safer Behaviors
Description
To determine if families cared for in a pediatric emergency department will report practicing safer behaviors after their visit if provided with targeted injury prevention information by a waiting room computerized kiosk in comparison with an injury prevention specialist.
Time Frame
16 months
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Use of Safety Equipment
Description
To determine if families screened using a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED will admit to purchasing and using safety equipment more often if provided with recommendations using a computerized kiosk compared to an injury prevention specialist.
Time Frame
16 months
Title
Time Spent on Intervention
Description
To compare the time spent to be screened and provided targeted safety recommendations from a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED compared to an IP specialist in the same setting.
Time Frame
16 months
Title
Patient Satisfaction
Description
To look at patient satisfaction about the IP information received from a computerized kiosk in a pediatric ED versus an injury prevention specialist.
Time Frame
16 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
18 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Any parent/legal guardian of a child between the ages of 0-14 presenting to the emergency department with an acuity level of 3, 4, or 5 (per CCHMC ED guidelines) as determined by a triage nurse will be eligible for participation.
Exclusion Criteria:
Family with a child presenting to the emergency department with an acuity level of 1 or 2 as given by a triage nurse.
Non-English speaking families
A parent or legal guardian who is less than 18 years of age
A parent or legal guardian with a child who is greater than 14 years old.
Primary parent or guardian not present with the child being seen in the Emergency Department.
Families who are unable or unwilling to complete follow-up procedures
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Michael A. Gittelman, MD
Organizational Affiliation
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
City
Cincinnati
State/Province
Ohio
ZIP/Postal Code
45229
Country
United States
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Citations:
PubMed Identifier
25153050
Citation
Gittelman MA, Pomerantz WJ, McClanahan N, Damon A, Ho M. A computerized kiosk to teach injury prevention: is it as effective as human interaction? J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Sep;77(3 Suppl 1):S2-7. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000317.
Results Reference
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