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Using Interactive Virtual Presence to Remotely Assist Parents With Child Restraint Installations
NA trial testing interactive virtual presence in Car Seat Installation in 1,498 participants. Completed in 28 February 2024.
| Lead sponsor | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | factorial |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 1,498 |
| Start date | 23 January 2020 |
| Primary completion | 28 February 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 28 February 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across United States |
University of Alabama at Birmingham
15 and older, any sex, with Car Seat Installation. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.
Percentage of inspection points in car seat installation that are correctly installed, as assessed using objective scoring scheme
| Group | Value | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Interactive Virtual Presence | 95.78 | ± 6.92 |
| Live Technician | 97.33 | ± 6.12 |
Motor vehicle crashes cause the death of an American child every 3 hours, more than any other cause. When installed correctly, car seats reduce risk of serious injury and death to infants and young children. Unfortunately, a large portion of child restraints is installed incorrectly. A network of trained technicians work across the country to assist parents in achieving correct use of child restraints through scheduled "car seat checks," where technicians work with parents to install restraints in their vehicles. Car seat checks are effective in reducing errors in child restraint installations. However, the services are highly underutilized. The present study evaluates use of interactive virtual presence technology (also called interactive merged reality) to remotely assist parents to install child restraints correctly into their vehicles. Building from small pilot studies on the topic, the investigators will conduct a randomized non-inferiority trial to evaluate whether parents who install child restraints while communicating with a remote expert technician via interactive virtual presence achieve installations and learning that are not inferior in their safety to parents who install restraints live with a remote technician onsite. The investigators will recruit 1476 parents at 7 locations nationwide and randomly assign consenting parents to install their child restraint either via interactive virtual presence or with a live technician. The correctness of installation safety will be assessed using objective checklists, both following installation and again four months later. The investigators aim to demonstrate that child restraint installation is accurate (\>90% correct) when conducted remotely via interactive virtual presence, that such installations are not inferior to the accuracy of installation with a live on-site expert, and that parents learn and retain information about correct child restraint installation.
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