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Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury

Medical University of South Carolina · with National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) · NCT06856057

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
348
US sites recruiting
4
Study start
May 28, 2025
Record last updated
July 9, 2026

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What the study is about

Pediatric traumatic injury (PTI) is a public health priority, with more than 125,000 children experiencing injuries that require hospitalization each year. These children, and their caregivers, are affected in many ways that may affect quality of life, emotional and behavioral health, physical recovery, family roles and routines, and academic functioning; yet US trauma centers do not adequately address these outcomes and a scalable national model of care for these families is needed. This proposal builds on prior research from the investigative team to test a technology-assisted, stepped care behavioral health intervention for children (\<12 years) and their caregivers after PTI, CAARE (Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies), via a hybrid type I effectiveness-implementation trial with 348 families randomly assigned to CAARE (n=174) vs. guideline-adherent enhanced usual care (EUC) (n=174).

Being studied: Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies (CAARE)

Conditions: Quality of Life; PTSD; Depression Not Otherwise Specified; Child Externalizing Behavior

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Caregivers (≥18 years old) of children hospitalized with pediatric injury
  • Children hospitalized with pediatric injury \<12 years old
  • Screen positive on the ASC-Kids (aged 6-11 years) or PDI Caregiver measure of acute distress.

Exclusion Criteria

  • A caregiver whose primary language is not English or Spanish
  • A cognitive challenge (caregiver or child) that would impair ability to consent
  • Presence of a self-afflicted injury
  • Presence of injuries resulting from caregiver abuse or neglect (these patients will follow an alternative treatment path).

Recruiting US locations

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, CA 90027

    Site contact: Ryan Spurrier · 323.361.2322 · rspurrier@chla.usc.edu

  • Kentucky Children's Hospital

    Lexington, KY 40536

    Site contact: Meghan Marsac · 859-218-9113 · meghan.marsac@uky.edu

  • C.S. Mott Children's Hospital

    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

    Site contact: Peter Ehrlich · (734) 763-2072 · pehrlich@med.umich.edu

  • Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Linda Ewing-Cobbs · 713-500-3873 · Linda.Ewing-Cobbs@uth.tmc.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Leigh Ridings · (843) 792-5146 · ridingle@musc.edu
  • Ebonie Powell · powelebo@musc.edu
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