Animated Picture to Improve Provider Adherence to CT Scan for Head Injury Rule

July 30, 2013 updated by: Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

It is difficult for Pediatric Emergency Department providers to recognize clinically significant head injuries that are likely to require neurosurgical intervention or close monitoring from those that can be safely discharged.

Research Question How do a combination of education and an animated picture depicting the PECARN CT Head Injury rules impact compliance to these rules and reduce unnecessary head CT scans?

Design This is a within subject, repeated measures study design.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

746

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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
    • Minnesota
      • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55404
        • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
      • Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
        • Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

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

No older than 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients presenting to Children's ED will be included if they:
  • Are between 0 and 18 years of age (inclusive)
  • Receive a discharge diagnosis of head injury
  • Present to the ED within 24 hours of the head injury
  • GCS of 14 or greater

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients will be excluded if they :
  • Had a CT scans done in an outside transferring institution
  • Have obvious penetrating head injuries
  • Had a trivial injury mechanisms such as ground-level falls or walking or running into stationary objects
  • Have no signs or symptoms of head trauma other than scalp abrasions and lacerations.
  • Have known brain tumors, pre-existing neurological disorders complicating assessment, ventricular shunts, bleeding disorders

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: Diagnostic
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Pop-up picture
Behavioral: Pop-up picture
An animated picture depicting the key elements of the PECARN CT scan head injury rules will be explained. The picture will "pop-up" when a provider selects the order set for a CT scan due to head injury. Providers will need to select a box stating the patient either "meets criteria" or "does not meet criteria" in order to close the animated picture window.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Compliance to the PECARN CT Scan Head Injury rules
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Decreased rate of CT scans
Time Frame: 3 months
3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

February 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 12, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

January 20, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 31, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 30, 2013

Last Verified

July 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1103-040

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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