Status:

TERMINATED

Parental Presence During Fracture Reduction in Children at the Emergency Department; A Randomized Controlled Trial

Lead Sponsor:

St. Justine's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

Association des Médecins d'Urgence du Quebec

Conditions:

Conscious Sedation

Anxiety

Eligibility:

All Genders

8-18 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Though much attention has been given to the practice of parental presence during invasive procedures in children in the ED, few studies have examined the patient's perspective. The only study to have ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria for patients:
  • Patients aged 8 to 18 years old.
  • Patients requiring fracture reduction under conscious sedation by emergency department attending physician.
  • Patients able to understand basic spoken English or French.
  • Inclusion criteria for parents:
  • Parents able to understand basic spoken English or French.
  • Exclusion criteria for patients:
  • Patients with moderate to severe mental retardation
  • Patients with altered mental status or intoxication
  • Patients with hemodynamic instability or several traumatic injuries (other than fractures) - these patients require several treatments and may not have time to complete our study.
  • Exclusion criteria for parents:
  • Parents presenting unacceptable behaviors for family presence
  • Uncooperative
  • Physically aggressive, combative
  • Threatening and argumentative
  • Unstable emotionally or cannot be calmed
  • Intoxicated or altered mental status
  • Suspicion of child abuse
  • Suspected perpetrator of violent crime
  • Parents with moderate to severe mental retardation.
  • Pregnant parent

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2009

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 1 2011

    Estimated Enrollment :

    12 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00809380

    Start Date

    June 1 2009

    End Date

    October 1 2011

    Last Update

    March 19 2013

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    CHU Sainte-Justine

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3T 1C5