Discordance between age- and size-based criteria of child passenger restraint appropriateness.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In this study, we sought to accomplish the following objectives: to (1) calculate the percentage of children considered appropriately restrained across 8 criteria of increasing restrictiveness; (2) examine agreement between age- and size-based appropriateness criteria; (3) assess for changes in the percentage of children considered appropriately restrained by the 8 criteria between 2011 (shortly after updates to U.S. guidelines) and 2015.

Methods

Data from 2 cross-sectional surveys of 928 parents of children younger than 12 years old (n = 591 in 2011, n = 337 in 2015) were analyzed in 2017. Child age, weight, and height were measured at an emergency department visit and used to determine whether the parent-reported child passenger restraint was considered appropri

SUBMITTER: Smiley ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6309830 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature