Clinical trial NCT01652274: Level of Knowledge and Habitual Concepts of Turkish Parents on Child Passenger Safety
Official title: "Too Small for a Car Seat". An Unnoticed Obstacle to the Proper Use of Car Seats!
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Equipment Safety
Accidents, Traffic
Keywords: Child Passenger Safety
Parental perception of vulnerability
Neonatology
Newborn
Lead sponsor: Fatih University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2012-07-30
Enrollment: 98
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study will be done on mothers and fathers of babies brought to the first. control.

Brief summary: It is well known that traffic accidents are one of the major reasons for death in childhood. Unfortunately scientific and statistical data usually comes from developed countries. In this study, the investigators will try to evaluate Turkish families' knowledge on Child Passenger Safety, observe how they carry their babies in the car and investigated the reasons behind the undesired behaviors.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All families

Exclusion Criteria:

* Families with premature or neurologically disabled babies.

Primary outcomes:
measure: test score
timeFrame: baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Number of families using car seats properly
timeFrame: baseline
Other outcomes:
measure: reasons for not using car seat
timeFrame: baseline
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Fatih University Hospital
Study officials:
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