Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury in Youth and Adolescents

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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
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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.

Official Title
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Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury in Youth and Adolescents

Conditions
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Focus of Study: Bicycle Helmet Wearing Compliance

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: education intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: education intervention<br>The intervention delivered education about the benefits of bicycle helmet use and safety and was designed to be sensitive to the age and educational level of the study participant. | Behavioral: education intervention<br>* 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.<br>|
| No Intervention: control<br>Printed materials were given to the control group, along with a helmet for each participant. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| parental report of bicycle helmet use | A series of mixed model univariate analyses were used to determine group differences across the follow-ups on helmet wearing. | change for baseline in bicycle helmet wearing at 1 and 3 months |