A Family Centered Intervention to Promote Optimal Child Development

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Developmental Delays

Treatments: Other: Patient Decision Aid

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01941186

13-010441

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a patient decision aid (PDA) and text message reminder in promoting early intervention referral completion when infants and toddlers are identified with a developmental concern in the pediatric medical home. Subjects will be randomized to one of two study arms- (1) intervention (2) control condition. Subjects in the intervention arm will watch a video PDA and will receive a text message reminder approximately 7 to 14 business days after enrollment if they agree to the early intervention referral.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 days to 36 months old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent-child dyads in which the child is age 0 to 36 months screening positive for developmental concern and receiving care at a practice within Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC).
• Caregivers able to give permission (informed consent).

Exclusion criteria

• Primary language other than English
• Children already enrolled in early intervention

Trial design

64 participants in 2 patient groups

Patient Decision Aid

Experimental group

Description:

After positive screen for a developmental concern the intervention group will receive the Patient Decision Aid (PDA), as well as, a text message reminder to follow up with Early Intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Patient Decision Aid

Routine Care

No Intervention group

Description:

After screening positive for a potential development delay those in the control arm will receive routine care, in this case, a handout explaining Early Intervention services.