Teaching Young Children Swim Survival Skills

Sponsor

University of Alabama at Birmingham (Other)

Overall Status

Not yet recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05977530

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study is designed to evaluate whether commercially-available swim self-rescue schools are effective to teach children ages 12-35 months to stay safely alive floating in the water without adult intervention. The investigators will measure children's water self-rescue skills at baseline and then they will engage in commercially-available training over the course of several sessions. The investigators will then measure their skills again. Assessments will be conducted using a standardized protocol with a certified lifeguard always within an arm's reach of the child. Parents will also complete a short survey concerning child and family demographics and child and family swim and lifeguard training experience.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Drowning	Behavioral: self-rescue training	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

40 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Prevention

Official Title:

Teaching Young Children Swim Survival Skills

Anticipated Study Start Date :

May 1, 2024

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2024

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2024

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: self-rescue training children will receive self-rescue training from a certified instructor	Behavioral: self-rescue training children will receive training for self-rescue if they are alone in water

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: self-rescue training

children will receive self-rescue training from a certified instructor

Behavioral: self-rescue training

children will receive training for self-rescue if they are alone in water

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

experimenter-designed standardized behavioral assessment of children's self-rescue ability [at completion of training intervention program, an anticipated average of 10 weeks]
assessment of whether children can float alone, without adult assistance, for 1 minute

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

12 Months to 35 Months

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

child ages 12-35 months
enrolled in self-rescue course at participating swim facility

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	UAB Youth Safety Lab, University of Alabama at Birmingham	Birmingham	Alabama	United States	35294

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

David Schwebel, University Professor of Psychology & Associate Vice President for Research Facilities & Infrastructure, University of Alabama at Birmingham

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05977530

Other Study ID Numbers:

IRB-300011508

First Posted:

Aug 4, 2023

Last Update Posted:

Aug 4, 2023

Last Verified:

Jul 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Yes

Plan to Share IPD:

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Drowning

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 4, 2023