Improving Child Restraint Installation

October 17, 2019 updated by: David Schwebel, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Improving Child Restraint Installation in Rural America Through Interactive Virtual Presence

The investigators will conduct a pre-post trial with 150 parents in rural South Central Montana. The study will recruit families to cooperating community locations (e.g., churches, public libraries) to participate in research evaluating the efficacy of parents installing restraints with guidance from a remotely-located technician using interactive virtual presence. Following informed consent procedures, parents will complete a brief survey on behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions about child safety and restraints while an on-site technician evaluates baseline safety of the restraint. Parents will then engage remotely using their personal smartphone with an off-site certified car seat technician, obtaining advice to install the child restraint properly via the HelpLightning interactive virtual presence app. Following the remote interaction, the on-site technician will again inspect the restraint using the validated checklist (and correct any errors prior to the participant leaving). The overall goal is to demonstrate installation of child restraints can be effectively accomplished to rural populations using interactive virtual presence. The study has 2 specific aims:

Specific Aim 1. Demonstrate technological and behavioral efficacy of providing instructions on child restraint installation remotely to rural populations. Demonstrate >95% of interactions proceed without technical problems, without reports of communication difficulty on either end of the exchange (the parent or the technician), and without interruption.

Specific Aim 2. Identify accuracy of child restraint installation by parents using instructions provided by a remotely-located certified technician via interactive virtual presence. Demonstrate installation in this manner achieves ≥90% accuracy across all aspects of child restraint installation. Demonstrate installation in this manner significantly reduces restraint installation errors.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

150

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
    • Alabama
      • Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
        • UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • communicate in English
  • drive a vehicle with one or more car seats present
  • willing to install a car seat into the vehicle

Exclusion Criteria:

  • none

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: NA
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: interactive virtual presence
install a car seat using advice from a remotely-located certified car seat technician communicating via interactive virtual presence
Behavioral: interactive virtual presence
installing the car seat with advice via interactive virtual presence

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of Participants Who Accurately Select a Safe Child Restraint
Time Frame: immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed
accurate selection of a safe child restraint that was proper for the child's age and size
immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed
Number of Participants Who Install the Child Restraint Accurately Into the Vehicle
Time Frame: immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed
accurate installation of the child restraint into the vehicle
immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed
Number of Participants Who Properly Position the Child Restraint in the Vehicle
Time Frame: immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed
proper positioning of the child restraint in the vehicle
immediately (< 5 minutes) after the car seat is installed

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 (ACTUAL)

June 9, 2018

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

October 13, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

October 13, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 16, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 24, 2018

First Posted (ACTUAL)

April 26, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 18, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 17, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 300001220

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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