Safety Education in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Firearm Injury
• Interventions: Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video; Behavioral: 30-second BeSMART video

• Registration Number: NCT05168878
• Lead Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-08-19
• Study First Submitted: 2021-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-23
• Primary Completion: 2022-09-01
• Study Completion: 2022-12-01
• Results First Submitted: 2024-01-25
• Status Verified: 2024-08
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-08-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-01
• Results First Posted: 2024-10-17
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 407

Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Any age, 3 minute video	3-minute BeSMART video	Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.
Patient > 9 yo, 3 minute video	3-minute BeSMART video	Caregivers of patients greater than or equal to 10 years old will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.
Any age, 30-second video	30-second BeSMART video	Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 30 second BeSMART video in the PED.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Acceptability of Intervention	At baseline	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.
Feasibility of Follow up	Through study completion, an average of three months	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.
Safe Firearm Storage	At baseline	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.
Safe Firearm Storage at Three Months	Three month follow up	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.
Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Baseline	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.
Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Follow up	At study follow-up, an average of three months	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Colorado; 🇺🇸 Aurora, Colorado, United States