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Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury

Description

Pediatric traumatic injury (PTI) is a public health priority, with more than 125,000 children experiencing injuries that require hospitalization each year. These children, and their caregivers, are affected in many ways that may affect quality of life, emotional and behavioral health, physical recovery, family roles and routines, and academic functioning; yet US trauma centers do not adequately address these outcomes and a scalable national model of care for these families is needed. This proposal builds on prior research from the investigative team to test a technology-assisted, stepped care behavioral health intervention for children (\<12 years) and their caregivers after PTI, CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies), via a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation trial with 348 families randomly assigned to CAARE (n=174) vs. guideline-adherent enhanced usual care (EUC) (n=174).

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Pediatric traumatic injury (PTI) is a public health priority, with more than 125,000 children experiencing injuries that require hospitalization each year. These children, and their caregivers, are affected in many ways that may affect quality of life, emotional and behavioral health, physical recovery, family roles and routines, and academic functioning; yet US trauma centers do not adequately address these outcomes and a scalable national model of care for these families is needed. This proposal builds on prior research from the investigative team to test a technology-assisted, stepped care behavioral health intervention for children (\<12 years) and their caregivers after PTI, CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies), via a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation trial with 348 families randomly assigned to CAARE (n=174) vs. guideline-adherent enhanced usual care (EUC) (n=174).

Improving Quality of Life and Behavioral Health Service Access for Caregivers and Young Children After Pediatric Traumatic Injury

Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury

Condition
Quality of Life
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027

Lexington

Kentucky Children's Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536

Ann Arbor

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Houston

Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Caregivers (≥18 years old) of children hospitalized with pediatric injury
  • * Children hospitalized with pediatric injury \<12 years old
  • * Screen positive on the ASC-Kids (aged 8-11 years) or PDI Caregiver measure of acute distress.
  • * A caregiver whose primary language is not English
  • * A cognitive challenge (caregiver or child) that would impair ability to consent
  • * Presence of a self-afflicted injury
  • * Presence of injuries resulting from caregiver abuse or neglect (these patients will follow an alternative treatment path).

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Medical University of South Carolina,

Leigh Ridings, Ph.D., PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Medical University of South Carolina

Study Record Dates

2028-08-31