Safety Education in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

NCT05168878 | Completed Results

• 2 other identifiers: 20-0238CMH-M-20-15
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 407
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of video-based safe firearm storage education in the Pediatric Emergency Department.

Conditions

Firearm Injury

Keywords

Injury prevention; anticipatory guidance; firearm counseling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Acceptability of Intervention

  Acceptability of the educational videos measured using agreement with the question, "Overall I liked the video". Responses will be on a Likert scale with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.

  At baseline

• Feasibility of Follow up

  Feasibility of completing a follow up survey with parents within 3 months after the intervention measured by the proportion of caregivers who complete the survey in its entirety either electronically or by phone.

  Through study completion, an average of three months

• Safe Firearm Storage

  Self- report based on the survey question, "Are any of the guns in your home kept unlocked?" at baseline. This question has a yes/ no answer.

  At baseline

• Safe Firearm Storage at Three Months

  Self- report at two time points based on the survey question, "Are any of the guns in your home kept unlocked?" at three month follow up; yes/ no answer.

  Three month follow up

• Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Baseline

  Parental awareness of temporary firearm transfer will be measured by self-report based on question, "Did you know that you can temporarily take your guns out of your home if you are concerned that someone in your house may hurt themselves or someone else?". (responses answers are yes or no) OR ability to name at least one location for temporary firearm storage OR describe the link for a map of storage locations.

  At baseline

• Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Follow up

  Parental awareness of temporary firearm transfer will be measured by self-report based on question, "Did you know that you can temporarily take your guns out of your home if you are concerned that someone in your house may hurt themselves or someone else?". (responses answers are yes or no) and ability to name at least one location for temporary firearm storage OR describe the link for a map of storage locations.

  At study follow-up, an average of three months

Study Arms (4)

Patient > 9 yo, no video

NO INTERVENTION

Caregivers of patients greater than or equal to 10 years old will not be shown a video in the PED.

Patient > 9 yo, 3 minute video

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Caregivers of patients greater than or equal to 10 years old will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.

Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video

Any age, 30-second video

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 30 second BeSMART video in the PED.

Behavioral: 30-second BeSMART video

Any age, 3 minute video

EXPERIMENTAL

Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.

Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video

Interventions

30-second BeSMART video BEHAVIORAL

30 second video focused on education about child gun deaths and responsible gun storage

Any age, 30-second video

3-minute BeSMART video BEHAVIORAL

3-minute video focused on education about child gun deaths and responsible gun storage

Any age, 3 minute video; Patient > 9 yo, 3 minute video

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 30 Days - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children \> 30 days and \< 18 years old presenting to the CHCO ED
• Parent/guardian who is ≥ 18 and ≤ 85 years old
• Arms 1 \& 2 will include a subset of patients ≥10 years and \< 18 years old with a firearm in the home.

You may not qualify if:

• Child is in an emergent/acute medical condition
• Patient seen in our fast track area or other room without a television
• Parent/guardian is non-English speaking.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Denver: lead
• Colorado Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute: collaborator
• Emergency Medicine Foundation: collaborator
• American Foundation for Firearm Injury Reduction in Medicine: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Haasz M, Betz ME, Ambroggio L, Cafferty R, King CA, Wong S, Leonard J, Brooks-Russell A, Sigel E. Acceptability and feasibility of video-based firearm safety education in a Colorado emergency department for caregivers of adolescents in firearm-owning households. Inj Prev. 2024 Jul 24:ip-2023-045204. doi: 10.1136/ip-2023-045204. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 39053924 DERIVED

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Maya Haasz
• Organization: University of Colorado

maya.haasz@childrenscolorado.org

7204789231

Study Officials

• Maya Haasz, MD

  University of Colorado, Denver

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 23, 2021
• First Posted: December 23, 2021
• Study Start: August 19, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2022
• Study Completion: December 1, 2022
• Last Updated: October 17, 2024
• Results First Posted: October 17, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

US (1)