Evaluating a Website for Parents of Injured Children

March 11, 2015 updated by: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The purpose of the current protocol is to evaluate the ability of the AfterTheInjury website to increase parent knowledge and skills.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed 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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
        • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

6 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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 Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: After The Injury website
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: Usual care
Treatment as usual
Other: Control
Usual hospital care provided.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Scores on measure of parent knowledge re: traumatic stress and coping assistance.
Time Frame: 6 wks post-intervention
6 wks post-intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nancy Kassam-Adams, Ph.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 9, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 9, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

September 10, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 12, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 11, 2015

Last Verified

January 1, 2012

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2008-4-5932

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

Clinical Trials on Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Clinical Trials on After The Injury website

Search Similar Trials

Sponsors and Collaborators

Medical Conditions

Drug Interventions

CROs by country

CROs in Saint Lucia

Conditions

Rare Diseases

Drug Interventions

Dietary Supplements

Sponsor/Collaborators

Locations

Subscribe