An Automated Virtual Reality Intervention to Enhance Firearm Safety Counseling in Pediatrics

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorChildren's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

About this trial

Clinicians will complete a screen-based automated virtual reality training intervention to learn how to counsel caregivers of pediatric patients on secure firearm storage.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

Unable to read and write in English

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • An Automated Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Firearm Safety Counseling in Clinicians

    Behavioral

    The automated virtual reality intervention allows clinicians to deliberately practice firearm safety counseling skills through verbal interactions with virtual characters with receipt of immediate feedback.

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: An Automated Virtual Reality Intervention to Support Firearm Safety Counseling in CliniciansExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Acceptability of Intervention Measure

Four items, Scale score is average across individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. higher scores indicate better acceptability

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months
2

Appropriateness of the Intervention Measure

Four items, Scale score is average across individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. higher scores indicate better appropriateness

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months
3

Feasibility of the Intervention Measure

Four items, Scale score is average across individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. higher scores indicate better feasibility

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months

Secondary outcomes

1

De Novo Survey Item for Assessing Social Cognitive Theory Construct Behavioral Capability

One item, Scale score of individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. higher score indicates more behavioral capability

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months
2

De Novo Survey Items for Assessing Social Cognitive Theory Construct Self-Efficacy

Eight items, Scale score for individual items, Minimum score: 0, Maximum score: 4. Higher scores indicate more self-efficacy.

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months
3

De Novo Survey Items for Assessing Social Cognitive Theory Construct Expectations

Three items, Scale score of individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. Higher scores indicate more expectations.

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months
4

De Novo Survey Items for Assessing Social Cognitive Theory Construct Expectancies

Six items, Scale score of individual items, Minimum score: 1, Maximum score: 5. higher scores indicate higher expectancies for prioritizing firearm safety discussions across different ages for well-child visits.

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 2 months

Other outcomes

1

De Novo Standardized Patient Encounter Assessment Tool - Assessing Fidelity to the Virtual Reality Intervention Components

Participant's will engage in a standardized patient encounter to assess fidelity to behavioral skills reviewed during the virtual reality intervention, 20 items, maximum score: 20, minimum score: 0, scaled scores for firearm counseling skills and motivational interviewing skills, scaled scores determined by adding together individual items, 17 items related to firearm safety counseling, 3 items related to motivational interviewing

Time frame
From completion of the virtual reality intervention to 6 months

Sponsors and contacts

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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Lead sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

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