The findings also showed that parents and caregivers were very comfortable using SORT for Kids. Ninety percent of users said the survey was "very easy" to understand, and another 8% called it "somewhat easy."
The next step will be larger-scale assessment of the existing SORT for Kids tool as well as testing of additional potential questions using about 2,000 children, at multiple U.S. sites in collaboration with the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network The results will "hopefully help us develop a more refined instrument," Dr. Kellermann said.
Dr. Price, Dr. Kellermann, and their coauthors said that they had no disclosures. Support for this pilot study was provided by a grant from the de Beaumont Foundation.