Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury in Youth and Adolescents

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Focus of Study: Bicycle Helmet Wearing Compliance

In brief

The hypothesis was that the implementation of a Safe Kids East Central brain injury prevention program targeting children and caregivers admitted to the Georgia Health Sciences University Children's Medical Center is feasible and that short-term treatment effects of injury prevention education on the child or adolescent and the caregiver will increase bicycle helmet use.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01629121

Run by

Augusta University

People needed

120

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2011-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-06-21

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Hospitalized in-patients in the Children's Medical Center;
• Projected length of stay >24 hours;
• Mentally and physically fit to complete the educational program;
• History of regular (>1x per week) bicycle riding;
• All racial/ethnic groups.

Where it is running

• Georgia Regents University, Children's Medical Center — Augusta, Georgia, United States

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