NCT06384989

Safety-Enhancing Motor Vehicle Child Safety Seat

Phase II - Safety-Enhancing Motor Vehicle Child Safety Seat

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Minnesota HealthSolutions · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to assess the usability of a load leg design for caregivers who must install the child safety seat into a vehicle. The specific aims are to quantify any errors committed by the participants while installing the car seat and to assess participants' opinions on the car seat's load leg design.

Detailed description

A descriptive study will be conducted to determine whether human subjects are able to install the new feature of the prototype car seat correctly. Participants will be presented with the prototype car seat and a set of basic written instructions and labels to guide their installations. The percentage of participants who use the new feature and use it correctly will be reported. Any installation errors on other parts of the child seat (seat belt, lower anchors, top tether) will also be reported.

Conditions

• Motor Vehicle Injury
• Safety Issues

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Child restraint system with load leg feature	The primary objective is to assess the usability of the load leg design for caregivers who must install the child safety seat into a vehicle. The specific aims are to quantify any errors committed by the participants while installing the car seat (especially related to the use of the load leg) and to assess participants' opinions on the car seat's load leg design.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-22
• Primary completion: 2024-07-29
• Completion: 2024-07-29
• First posted: 2024-04-25
• Last updated: 2025-04-16
• Results posted: 2025-04-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States