Behavioral Skills Training Methods to Reduce Car Seat Misuse

In-person and Telehealth Versions of Behavioral Skills Training to Reduce Car Seat Misuse

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05490992

Acronym

BSTCPS

Enrollment

2448

Registered

2022-08-08

Start date

2015-06-01

Completion date

2021-12-31

Last updated

2024-02-06

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Conditions

Motor Vehicle Injury

Keywords

motor vehicle occupant injury, car seat misuse, car seat education, Behavioral Skills Training, Telehealth

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of child passenger educational methods to measure their ability to effectively reduce car seat misuse. The study will assess the traditional child passenger educational method delivered by a child passenger safety technician by comparing it to an in-person and virtual telehealth Behavioral Skills Training approach to reduce car seat misuse.

Detailed description

This study of 2,449 expectant couples involved two experiments. Experiment-1: included 1,224 participants, comparing 600 participants receiving no intervention and 600 participants receiving education with behavioral skills training (BST) in-person. Experiment-2: included 1,224 participants, comparing 600 participants receiving BST-in-person to BST with telehealth.

Interventions

OTHERBehavioral Skills Training In-person

Both an in-person and virtual telehealth version of Behavioral Skills Training (BST) was compared to the Car seat check-up traditional car seat educational method and BST telehealth was compared to BST in-person.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Intervention model description

This study is a quasi-experimental within-subjects group design. It consists of two experiments that included an equal number of participants.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Women at least 7-month gestation and their partner, living within Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Bernardino or Riverside counties; consented to the study and follow-up evaluation; and at the time of session had their child restraint system(s) and vehicle(s) available.

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
child restraint misuse	12 months	Incidence of misuse

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026