Focus of Study: Bicycle Helmet Wearing Compliance
Conditions
Brief summary
The hypothesis was that the implementation of a Safe Kids East Central brain injury prevention program targeting children and caregivers admitted to the Georgia Health Sciences University Children's Medical Center is feasible and that short-term treatment effects of injury prevention education on the child or adolescent and the caregiver will increase bicycle helmet use.
Detailed description
The overarching goal of this project is to reduce traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents by promoting bicycle helmet use via an inpatient educational program. The Safe Kids East Central injury prevention educational program was customized for hospitalized subjects and their caregivers. The investigators hypothesized that this program would increase bicycle helmet use.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALeducation intervention
The brain injury prevention education intervention included case scenarios as well as education about the benefits of bicycle helmet use. The intervention was designed to be sensitive to the age and educational level of the study participant and his or her parents. Educational materials were chosen to provide use of the five senses to enhance the learning experience. The intervention took place in the privacy of the patient's hospital room. The study was designed so as not to interfere with the hospital standard of care. The proper way to fit the bicycle helmet was demonstrated.
Sponsors
Augusta University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
5 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Hospitalized in-patients in the Children's Medical Center; * Projected length of stay \>24 hours; * Mentally and physically fit to complete the educational program; * History of regular (\>1x per week) bicycle riding; * All racial/ethnic groups.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| parental report of bicycle helmet use | change for baseline in bicycle helmet wearing at 1 and 3 months | A series of mixed model univariate analyses were used to determine group differences across the follow-ups on helmet wearing. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed