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Shared Decision Making in Parents of Children With Head Trauma: Head CT Choice
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Head CT Decision Aid for Head Injury. Completed, enrolled 971 participants across 7 sites.
Detailed Summary
The investigators will test the impact of a decision aid, Head CT Choice, to determine if its use improves parents' knowledge and engagement in decision making and safely decreases healthcare utilization in children presenting to the emergency department with blunt head trauma.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The decision aid, Head CT Choice, educates parents regarding how the clinician determined the severity of their child's head trauma, their child's quantitative risk for a clinically-important TBI, the pros and cons of cranial CT compared to active observation, and what signs and symptoms parents should watch for in the next 24 hours that should prompt a return visit to the ED.