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Using mHealth to Improve Emotional Recovery After Pediatric Injury

NCT04579198 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2026-01-16

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Summary

Nearly 300,000 U.S. children experience injuries that require them to be hospitalized this year. These children, and their caregivers, are at high risk for emotional and behavioral problems, as well as poor quality of life. Trauma centers in the US have good outcomes for survival and physical recovery, but they typically do not have programs to address the emotional and behavioral needs of families. The purpose of this project is to develop a service that achieves this and that can serve as a good model for trauma centers to use. This project will develop, evaluate, and test CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies) to address the behavioral and emotional needs of caregivers and children.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies (CAARE)

The intervention, CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies), consists of four components: First, all caregivers of PTI patients (ages 0-11) will be given brief education in the hospital related to children's and caregivers' emotional recovery. Second, all families will receive an in-hospital risk-reduction session. These sessions will address avoidance and trauma triggers; scheduling of pleasurable activities; and coping strategies. Third, all caregivers will receive the CAARE app-based components before discharge. The app will engage caregivers for 30 days via an automated SMS system. MHealth components of care will reinforce risk-reduction strategies. Fourth, 30 days post-discharge, a brief behavioral health screen will be completed by caregiver and child to assess need for more intensive screening by a mental health provider. Caregivers/children reporting elevated symptom levels will receive a comprehensive screening and referral process.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-03-01
Primary Completion
2024-10-10
Completion
2024-12-17

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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