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Research to Improve Smoke Alarm Functioning and Maintenance

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00139126
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2005
Last Update Posted : March 14, 2012
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Information provided by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study to evaluate whether (1) targeted smoke alarm education, (2) general fire safety education with a smoke alarm component, (3) basic fire safety education, or (4) an unrelated intervention is most effective way to improve smoke alarm maintenance and function.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Wounds and Injuries Burns Behavioral: Fire safety education Not Applicable

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 4500 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Official Title: Research to Improve Smoke Alarm Functioning and Maintenance
Study Start Date : August 2005
Actual Primary Completion Date : May 2008
Arms and Interventions
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Intervention Details:
  • Behavioral: Fire safety education
    Education on smoke alarm maintenance based on behavioral theories

Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Smoke alarm functionality post-intervention. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • live within four target neighborhoods in Prince George's County, MD that are at high risk for residential fire and injury.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • primary decision maker of home is less than 18 years old
  • speak a language other than english or spanish
  • nobody at home after six return visits to the home
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00139126


Locations
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United States, Maryland
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Calverton, Maryland, United States, 20705
Sponsors and Collaborators
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Investigators
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Study Director: Les R Becker, PhD Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Principal Investigator: Ted R. Miller, PhD Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
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Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

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Responsible Party: Michael Ballesteros, CDC/NCIPC
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00139126    
Other Study ID Numbers: CDC-NCIPC-4662
First Posted: August 31, 2005    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: March 14, 2012
Last Verified: March 2012
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Wounds and Injuries