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ArticleTraffic injury prevention2018

Discordance between age- and size-based criteria of child passenger restraint appropriateness.

Mary L Smiley, C Raymond Bingham, Peter D Jacobson, Michelle L Macy

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Article in Traffic injury prevention, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pilot Trial of an Emergency Department-based Intervention to Promote Child Passenger Safety Best Practices.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mary L Smileya South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control , Columbia , South Carolina.
C Raymond Binghamb Young Driver Behavior and Injury Prevention Group , University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute , Ann Arbor , Michigan.
Peter D Jacobsond Center for Law, Ethics, and Health , University of Michigan School of Public Health , Ann Arbor , Michigan.
Michelle L Macye Department of Emergency Medicine and the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit , Division of General Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School , Ann Arbor , Michigan.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USPrevention Group · USSouth Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control · US

Funding

A Brief Intervention to Increase Size-Appropriate Child Passenger Restraint UseK23HD070913 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MACY, MICHELLE LEA · 2012 to 2016
$670k
NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD070913
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn this study, we sought to accomplish the following objectives: to (1) calculate the percentage of children considered appropriately restrained across 8 criteria of increasing restrictiveness; (2) examine agreement between age- and size-based appropriateness criteria; (3) assess for changes in the percentage of children considered appropriately restrained by the 8 criteria between 2011 (shortly after updates to U.S. guidelines) and 2015.

methodsData from 2 cross-sectional surveys of 928 parents of children younger than 12 years old (n = 591 in 2011, n = 337 in 2015) were analyzed in 2017. Child age, weight, and height were measured at an emergency department visit and used to determine whether the parent-reported child passenger restraint was considered appropriate according to 8 criteria. Age-based criteria were derived from Michigan law and U.S. GUIDELINES: Weight, height, and size-based criteria were derived from typical restraints available in the United States in 2007 and 2011. The percentage appropriate restraint use was calculated for each criterion. The kappa statistic was used to measure agreement between criteria. Change in appropriateness from 2011 to 2015 was assessed with chi-square statistics.

resultsPercentage appropriate restraint use varied from a low of 19% for higher weight limits in 2011 to a high of 91% for Michigan law in 2015. Agreement between criteria was slight to moderate. The lowest kappa was for Michigan law and higher weight limits in 2011 (κ = 0.06) and highest for U.S. guidelines and lower weight limits in 2011 (κ = 0.60). Percentage appropriate restraint use was higher in 2015 than 2011 for the following criteria: U.S. guidelines (74 vs. 58%, P < .001), lower weight (57 vs. 47%, P = .005), higher weight (25 vs. 19%, P = .03), greater height (39 vs. 26%, P < .001), and greater size (42 vs. 30%, P = .001).

conclusionsThe percentage of children considered to be using an appropriate restraint varied substantially across criteria. Aligning the definition of appropriate restraint use with current U.S. guidelines would increase consistency in reporting results from studies of child passenger safety in the United States. Potential explanations for the increased percentage of children considered appropriately restrained between 2011 and 2015 include adoption of the updated U.S. guidelines and the use of child passenger restraints with higher weight and height limits.

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Accidents, TrafficAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolChild Restraint SystemsCross-Sectional StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansInfantMaleMichiganSafetySeat BeltsUnited StatesWounds and Injuriesbooster seatchildrenChild restraintschild safetychild seatinfant seatseat belt laws

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PMID29148838
PMCPMC6309830
OpenAlexW2770741939

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