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Improving Behavioral Health for Caregivers and Children After Pediatric Injury
Improving Quality of Life and Behavioral Health Service Access for Caregivers and Young Children After Pediatric Traumatic Injury
Who can join
Ages 18 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
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).
About the study
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).
What is being tested
- Caregivers' Aid to Accelerate Recovery after pediatric Emergencies (CAARE) (behavioral)
Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina · Participants: 348 · Started: May 28, 2025
Contact the study team
- Leigh Ridings · Phone: (843) 792-5146
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06856057
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Children's Hospital, Lexington |
| Michigan | C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor |
| Texas | Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.