Randomised feasibility trial of a virtual intervention to address infant car seat misuse.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Serious car seat installation errors occur at high rates in infants and children. These errors significantly increase the risk of child injury in a motor vehicle crash, and few interventions have addressed the challenge longitudinally.

Methods

This was a pilot randomised controlled feasibility trial of virtual car seat safety checks for caregivers of newborns recruited from an urban newborn nursery. The control (enhanced usual care (EUC)) group received an in-person car seat check as a newborn and virtual check at 9 months. The intervention group received two additional virtual checks at 3 and 6 months. Installation and infant positioning errors were documented and corrected by a child passenger safety technician (CPST). We measured feasibility and acceptability b

SUBMITTER: Kendi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10452043 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature