Pediatric and Caregiver Traumatic Stress Intervention (PACTS)
ConditionTraumatic Injury
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age1-6
SponsorWake Forest University Health Sciences
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to learn more about how to help the caregiver and child survivor of a traumatic injury handle post-traumatic stress disorder and/or depression.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Child requires inpatient treatment for an unintentional injury (e.g. burns, dog bite, road traffic accident) in the pediatric trauma and/or pediatric burns units
English-speaking adults, with English denoted as the primary language in the electronic medical record (EMR)
Caregiver-child dyads who screen positive with the Peritraumatic Distress Inventory (PDI) Tools will be invited to participate in the randomized controlled trial.
Disqualifiers
Patients and/or caregivers with cognitive deficits, with psychotic symptoms, refusing treatment, and leaving the hospital against medical advice (AMA) were unable to participate in counseling interventions by condition or by choice and are excluded from the study population
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Caregiver Counseling for Childhood Traumatic Injury
- Standard of Care for Childhood Traumatic Injury
Treatment groups
24 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Lead sponsor
Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov