Effectiveness of Internet-based Injury Prevention Program in Enhancing Mother's Knowledge on Child Safety
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 1,012
- 主要终点
- Change of general safety knowledge
研究概览
简要总结
Background: Provision of anticipatory guidance to parents is recommended as an effective strategy to prevent injuries among young children. Internet-based anticipatory guidance is suggested to reinforce the effectiveness of injury prevention, and improve parents' knowledge on child safety. Parents receiving the guidance can reduce children's exposure to injury risk by adopting better childcare practices and using appropriate child safety devices at home.
Objective: This study will examine the effectiveness of Internet-based injury prevention program with parental anticipatory guidance in enhancing mothers' knowledge on child safety. It aims at increasing mothers' knowledge and motivation of learning about domestic injury prevention through a new Internet-based intervention model. It also targets to improve mothers' attitude and perceived behavioral control of domestic safety practice.
Methods: The study would adopt a randomized controlled trial design and recruit 934 mothers from the antenatal clinics and postnatal wards of two major public hospitals in Hong Kong. Participating mothers will be randomized into the intervention or control group with equal likelihood. Mothers in intervention group will be provided with free access to an Internet-based injury prevention program with anticipatory guideline whereas those in the control group will receive relevant parenting booklet.
Results: It is hypothesized that mothers' general and age-appropriate knowledge on child safety and motivation of learning about domestic injury prevention as the primary outcome measures will be enhanced.
Conclusions: The Internet is increasingly recognized as a practical and cost-effective platform for health education and safety information delivery. The goals of this study are to examine the effectiveness of a new Internet-based intervention program for improving mothers' knowledge, and raising mothers' awareness about the importance and consequences caused by domestic injuries.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Mothers attending the antenatal clinics/staying in the postnatal wards at Kwong Wah Hospital or Queen Mary Hospital.
排除标准
- •Mothers unable to read Chinese and those without access to Internet.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
Each participant will be provided an information package - the parenting booklet from Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHCs) about domestic safety tips. Participants will be given an additional leaflet about the domestic safety website with address link and brief introductory information.
干预措施: Internet-based injury prevention program (Other)
Control
Each participant will be provided an information package - the parenting booklet from Maternal and Child Health Centres (MCHCs) about domestic safety tips. Only this booklet serves as the anticipatory guidance to mothers about domestic safety.
结局指标
主要结局
Change of general safety knowledge
时间窗: At the beginning of the study and infants' ages of 18-month-old
This component aims to evaluate mothers' general knowledge change related to domestic injury prevention. Questions will be designed as statement format and two key topics will be covered in the questionnaire: common childhood domestic injuries and safety precautions
2-month-old safety knowledge
时间窗: At infants' ages of 2-month-old
This component examines 2-month-old domestic safety related knowledge, intention, attitude and perceived behavioral control of safety practice. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions. This quiz answering design targeted to reinforce safety concepts as well as to sustain knowledge enhancement.
9-month-old safety knowledge
时间窗: At infants' ages of 9-month-old
This component examines 9-month-old domestic safety related knowledge, intention, attitude and perceived behavioral control of safety practice. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions. This quiz answering design targeted to reinforce safety concepts as well as to sustain knowledge enhancement.
6-month-old safety knowledge
时间窗: At infants' ages of 6-month-old
This component examines 6-month-old domestic safety related knowledge, intention, attitude and perceived behavioral control of safety practice. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions. This quiz answering design targeted to reinforce safety concepts as well as to sustain knowledge enhancement.
12-month-old safety knowledge
时间窗: At infants' ages of 12-month-old
This component examines 12-month-old domestic safety related knowledge, intention, attitude and perceived behavioral control of safety practice. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions. This quiz answering design targeted to reinforce safety concepts as well as to sustain knowledge enhancement.
18-month-old safety knowledge
时间窗: At infants' ages of 18-month-old
This component examines 18-month-old domestic safety related knowledge, intention, attitude and perceived behavioral control of safety practice. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions. This quiz answering design targeted to reinforce safety concepts as well as to sustain knowledge enhancement.
次要结局
- Website usage statistics(18 months)
- Website user acceptance(At the end of the study, an average of 18 months)