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The Implementation of a Gastroenteritis Education Program

NCT00311831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2018-04-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the caregivers of children presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute gastroenteritis who receive extensive gastroenteritis education (standard education plus home nursing visit) will improve their gastroenteritis knowledge more than those who receive standard education (an information sheet) in the emergency department.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard gastroenteritis education

Subjects in this arm of the study will receive an educational handout on gastroenteritis education.

BEHAVIORAL

Extensive gastroenteritis education

Subjects in this arm of the study will receive an gastroenteritis educational handout as well a home visitation from a trained counselor.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Paediatric Consultants Educational Research Grant

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen B Freedman, MD · The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Canada

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-03-31
Primary Completion
2010-04-30
Completion
2010-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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