Evaluation of Trauma Center-Based Intervention for Adolescent Traumatic Injury Survivors

Summary

Pediatric traumatic injury (i.e., injury of sudden onset and severity requiring immediate attention) is the leading cause of death and morbidity among US adolescents and are associated with mental health and health risk outcomes, including posttraumatic stress and depression (affecting between 19-42%), deficits in physical recovery, social functioning and quality of life, which if unaddressed, may contribute to increased use of health care services. The investigators partnered with three accredited Level I and II pediatric trauma centers to conduct a multi-site hybrid 1 effectiveness-implementation trial with 300 adolescent (ages 12-17) traumatic injury patients to assess the extent to which the Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program (TRRP), a scalable and sustainable, technology-enhanced, multidisciplinary stepped model of care, promotes improvement in quality of life and emotional recovery and gather preliminary data on the potential for TRRP to be implemented in other Level I trauma centers. Directly in line with NICHD's Pediatric Trauma and Critical Illness Research and Training (PTCIB) Strategic Research and Training agenda, this study will provide valuable data on the efficacy, preliminary effectiveness and potential for implementation of an innovative, cost-effective, sustainable technology-enhanced intervention designed to address the unique needs of adolescent injury patients and mitigate short- and long-term impact of injury on mental health, quality of life, and overall well-being.

Conditions

• Traumatic Injury
• Technology
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
• Adolescents

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

TRRP

Receive TRRP services

BEHAVIORAL

Enhanced Usual Care

Participants will receive an educational flyer with service referrals

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Children's of Alabama

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Prisma Health-Upstate

  collaborator OTHER

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

  collaborator NIH

• Medical University of South Carolina

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tatiana Davidson, PhD · Medical University of South Carolina

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

12 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-01

Primary Completion

2026-08-01

Completion

2027-08-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations