The Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injury: Initial feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes

• Published in: Child : care, health & development health & development, 2018-07, Vol.44 (4), p.599-606
• Main Authors: Marsac, M. L., Weiss, D., Kohser, K. L., Van Allen, J., Seegan, P., Ostrowski‐Delahanty, S., McGar, A., Winston, F. K., Kassam‐Adams, N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adaptation, Psychological - physiology; Body Image - psychology; Child; Child Behavior - psychology; Child Health; child injury; Children; Clinical trials; Coping; Coping strategies; Early intervention; Evidence-Based Medicine; Feasibility; Feasibility Studies; Female; Health status; Humans; Injuries; Male; Pain - psychology; Pain - rehabilitation; parenting; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Pilot Projects; posttraumatic stress; Psychological trauma; Quality of Life; Randomized Controlled Trials; Recovery; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Stress, Psychological - rehabilitation; Symptoms; Trauma; Treatment Outcome; Wounds and Injuries - psychology; Wounds and Injuries - rehabilitation
• ISSN: 0305-1862; 1365-2214
• DOI: 10.1111/cch.12565

Purpose Physical and psychological challenges can arise from paediatric injury, which can impact child health outcomes. Evidence‐based resources to promote recovery are limited. The low cost, portable Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injury provides evidence‐based strategies to help children manage injury‐related challenges. This study aimed to describe intervention feasibility and explore initial outcomes (learning, quality of life [QOL], and trauma symptoms). Methods Three independent pilot studies were conducted. Child–parent dyads (n = 61) participated in the intervention; ~36% completed a 4‐week follow‐up assessment. Results Results suggested that the intervention was feasible (e.g., 95% of parents would recommend the intervention; >85% reported that it was easy to use). Over 70% of participants reported learning new skills. No statistically significant differences were detected for children's QOL or trauma symptoms preintervention to postintervention. Conclusion Preliminary research suggests that the Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injuries is a feasible, low‐cost, preventive intervention, which may provide families with strategies to promote recovery from paediatric injury. Future research, including a randomized controlled trial, ought to further examine targeted long‐term intervention outcomes.