Building Resilience After Childhood Emergencies (BRACE)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

In brief

The investigators study seeks to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of a parent-focused, early intervention to prevent the development of chronic PTSD for children admitted to the emergency department for an acute traumatic injury and their parents. Furthermore, the investigators will identify potential risk factors for the development of PTSD and factors that influence treatment response. Finally, the investigators will prospectively measure trajectories of parental and child responses to trauma and their interaction over time. This study will bring together a multidisciplinary team across two major research universities (Case Western Reserve University and Kent State University) and a large pediatric trauma center (Akron Children's Hospital) in an effort to reduce rates of PTSD in children following traumatic injury.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02898883

Run by

Case Western Reserve University

People needed

20

Starts

2015-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-08-06

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient must be between the ages of 8 and 13
• Patient must be admitted to the hospital as a trauma admission due to their traumatic injury
• Patient must be accompanied by a legal guardian
• Patient must meet threshold for risk of PTSD
• Both patient and parent must be fluent in English

You may not qualify if…

• Intellectual disability or brain damage
• Lower than a 14 on the Glasgow Coma Scale
• Patients who are not deemed sufficiently medically stable to participate by their designated attending physician
• Patients or parents who arrive at the ED intoxicated
• Patients who are not alert, oriented, coherent, or capable of responding to questions

Where it is running

• Akron children's Hospital — Akron, Ohio, United States

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