Safety Education in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Study

University of Colorado, Denver407 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

407

Conditions

Firearm Injury

Interventions

30-second BeSMART videoBEHAVIORAL

30 second video focused on education about child gun deaths and responsible gun storage

3-minute BeSMART videoBEHAVIORAL

3-minute video focused on education about child gun deaths and responsible gun storage

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 DaysMax age: 17 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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.

Locations (1)

Children's Hospital Colorado

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Acceptability of Intervention

Acceptability of the educational videos measured using agreement with the question, "Overall I liked the video". Responses will be on a Likert scale with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.

Time frame: At baseline

Feasibility of Follow up

Feasibility of completing a follow up survey with parents within 3 months after the intervention measured by the proportion of caregivers who complete the survey in its entirety either electronically or by phone.

Time frame: Through study completion, an average of three months

Safe Firearm Storage

Self- report based on the survey question, "Are any of the guns in your home kept unlocked?" at baseline. This question has a yes/ no answer.

Time frame: At baseline

Safe Firearm Storage at Three Months

Self- report at two time points based on the survey question, "Are any of the guns in your home kept unlocked?" at three month follow up; yes/ no answer.

Time frame: Three month follow up

Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Baseline

Parental awareness of temporary firearm transfer will be measured by self-report based on question, "Did you know that you can temporarily take your guns out of your home if you are concerned that someone in your house may hurt themselves or someone else?". (responses answers are yes or no) OR ability to name at least one location for temporary firearm storage OR describe the link for a map of storage locations.

Time frame: At baseline

Knowledge About Temporary Firearm Transfer at Follow up

Parental awareness of temporary firearm transfer will be measured by self-report based on question, "Did you know that you can temporarily take your guns out of your home if you are concerned that someone in your house may hurt themselves or someone else?". (responses answers are yes or no) and ability to name at least one location for temporary firearm storage OR describe the link for a map of storage locations.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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