A non randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of an illustrated information leaflet on teacher mothers’ practices on administering paediatric antibacterial suspensions
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Administration of antibacterial suspension
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
1.Female teachers below 60 years
2. Have at least one child under the age of 6
Exclusion Criteria
1. Teacher whose family members are health care professionals (doctor/nurse /pharmacist)
2. Whose children have long term illness and visit the hospital at least once a week
3.Who have previous work experience as a health care professional or social worker
4.Who has participated in any study related to oral liquid dosage forms administration previously
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Proportion of mothers with administration errors when administering oral antibacterial suspension.<br>This will be assessed using a scorecard which was developed by the experts during the descriptive study.<br>There are 21 steps each carrying either 1 or 0 marks [Soon after the intervention and 3 months after the intervention ]<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.Acceptability of the intervention by the participants using a questionnaire.<br><br>8 questions will be marked by the mothers on a Liket scale of 1-5<br>If all the questions get overall panel median score of > 3 it is considered as acceptable.<br><br> [After 3 months of the intervention ]<br>