Fever and Febrile Support for Parents and Carers of Children 2016
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 100
- 主要终点
- Increase in parental knowledge regarding temperature definition for fever
研究概览
简要总结
To assess the suitability and user-friendliness of an information leaflet for parents on management of fever and febrile illness in children. The purpose of the leaflet is to provide evidence-based information for parents regarding fever and febrile illness in children.
详细描述
The aim of this study is to assess the suitability and user-friendliness of an information leaflet for parents on management of fever and febrile illness in children. The purpose of the leaflet is to provide evidence-based information for parents regarding fever and febrile illness in children. The potential benefit of the leaflet is empowerment parents to take responsibility for monitoring their child's illness, thereby enabling parents to take effective and informed action when required.
The investigators hypothesise that provision of a user friendly information leaflet for parents increases knowledge and provides decision support to guide parents fever management.
This study will investigate the ability of an information leaflet to increase parental knowledge regarding the management of fever and febrile illness in children. Three leaflets were designed. Stakeholders were consulted to select the most appropriate leaflet prior to the beginning of the trial. One leaflet will be used in the trial.
A prospective, multi-centre, randomized, two-parallel arm, controlled trial with blinded outcome ascertainment will be conducted. Three information leaflets were designed based on a previous survey with parents in Ireland. One leaflet was selected for use as the intervention following consultation with stakeholders.
The Primary Objective of the project is to quantify if reading and understanding a leaflet on fever and febrile illness management increases parental knowledge on the subject.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Parents with at least one child aged five years of age or younger at the time of recruitment.
- •Parents of healthy children.
排除标准
- •Parents who did not have at least one child aged five years of age or younger at the time of recruitment.
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
Parents will be asked to read a leaflet. They will then complete a survey and re-complete the survey via telephone two weeks later.
干预措施: Leaflet (Other)
Control
Parents will be asked to complete a survey and re-complete the survey via telephone two weeks later.
结局指标
主要结局
Increase in parental knowledge regarding temperature definition for fever
时间窗: 2 weeks
Increases in correct parental definition of fever temperature detected using a questionnaire
次要结局
- Increase in parental knowledge regarding management of fever(2 weeks)
- Decrease in parents alternating between antipyretics(2 weeks)
研究者
Maria Kelly
Research Pharmacist
University College Cork