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Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury
Led by Medical University of South Carolina · Updated on 2025-07-10
348
Participants Needed
4
Research Sites
170 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
M
Medical University of South Carolina
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Caregivers 18 years or older of children hospitalized with pediatric injury
- Children hospitalized with pediatric injury younger than 12 years old
- Positive screen on ASC-Kids (ages 8-11) or PDI Caregiver measure of acute distress
You will not qualify if you...
- Caregiver's primary language is not English
- Cognitive challenges in caregiver or child impairing consent ability
- Self-inflicted injury present
- Injury resulting from caregiver abuse or neglect (alternative treatment path followed)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 4 locations
1
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90027
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2
Kentucky Children's Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40536
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3
C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109
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4
Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
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Research Team
L
Leigh Ridings
CONTACT
E
Ebonie Powell
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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