Safety Education in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study (SEED)

University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Firearm Injury

Treatments: Behavioral: 30-second BeSMART video; Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05168878

20-0238

CMH-M-20-15 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 407 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 days to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children > 30 days and < 18 years old presenting to the CHCO ED
• Parent/guardian who is ≥ 18 and ≤ 85 years old
• Arms 1 & 2 will include a subset of patients ≥10 years and < 18 years old with a firearm in the home.

Exclusion criteria

• Child is in an emergent/acute medical condition
• Patient seen in our fast track area or other room without a television
• Parent/guardian is non-English speaking.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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407 participants in 4 patient groups

Patient > 9 yo, no video

No Intervention group

Description:

Caregivers of patients greater than or equal to 10 years old will not be shown a video in the PED.

Patient > 9 yo, 3 minute video

Active Comparator group

Description:

Caregivers of patients greater than or equal to 10 years old will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video

Any age, 30-second video

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 30 second BeSMART video in the PED.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 30-second BeSMART video

Any age, 3 minute video

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers of patients of any age will be shown a 3-minute BeSMART video in the PED.

Treatment:

Behavioral: 3-minute BeSMART video