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Video and Brochure and Discharge Instructions for Childhood Fever in the Pediatric Emergency Department

NCT05929131 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 144

Last updated 2023-09-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study was designed to evaluate whether adding Video discharge instructions to usual verbal information improves understanding of the information provided to caregivers of patients presenting to pediatric emergency departments for high fever. As secondary goals, it was aimed to assess whether video discharge instructions increase satisfaction with information received and reduce repeat visits.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

discharge instructions with pamphlet

Parents who agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to the control or intervention groups. Before the parents in the control group are discharged from the pediatric emergency service, in the second group (intervention group with brochure) in accordance with the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2020), the parents will be told with the brochure giving the same information about fever in addition to the verbal instructions. Instructions will be given by the same researcher to provide homogeneous and consistent information in all three groups. All patients will also receive a discharge report with instructions on post-treatment treatment.

OTHER

discharge instructions with video

Parents who agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to the control or intervention groups. Before parents in the control group are discharged from the pediatric emergency service, a short 2-minute video will be shown to the American Academy of Pediatrics (2020) guidelines (intervention group with video) giving the same information about high fever to patients in addition to the verbal instructions. Instructions will be given by the same researcher to provide homogeneous and consistent information in all three groups. All patients will also receive a discharge report with instructions on post-treatment treatment.

OTHER

verbal discharge instructions only

Parents who agree to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to the control or intervention groups. Parents in the control group will receive the usual verbal information and advice on high fever management in accordance with the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics (2020) prior to discharge from the pediatric emergency service. Instructions will be given by the same researcher to provide homogeneous and consistent information in all three groups. All patients will also receive a discharge report with instructions on post-treatment treatment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bartın Unıversity

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-01-02
Primary Completion
2023-08-30
Completion
2023-08-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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Diseases

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