NCT04996745

Taking POSNA's OrthoKids to the People

Taking POSNA's OrthoKids to the People: Overcoming Knowledge Disparities in Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 0 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The objective of this project is to determine the efficacy of a tablet-based educational intervention at improving orthopaedic health literacy amongst families of pediatric patients treated for fractures in an outpatient setting.

Detailed description

This project aims to reduce knowledge disparity amongst caregivers of patients presenting for pediatric fracture care. At our institution, many patients presenting with fractures do not have easy access to either technology or the internet, preventing caregivers from benefiting from educational tools such as POSNA's OrthoKids®. We are planning to increase access and improve health literacy through a simple intervention of providing tablet-based access to POSNA's Orthokids while families are waiting for their physician. Families will be randomized to either standard waiting room experience vs. tablet-based educational intervention to limit selection bias. A brief pre-visit questionnaire will be completed by all caregivers to assess fracture and cast care knowledge as well as the highest educational degree obtained by the caregiver.

Conditions

• Fracture Forearm
• Pediatric ALL

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Tablet-based educational intervention	POSNA's Orthokids website and the article on pediatric forearm fracture will be provided on a tablet. The article provided has two separate tabs, labeled "Condition" and "FAQs", that caregivers will be able to read through. Those who speak Spanish will have the Spanish translated version of Orthokids.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-01
• Primary completion: 2022-08-01
• Completion: 2022-09-01
• First posted: 2021-08-09
• Last updated: 2024-08-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States