Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training Given to Mothers With 0-5 Age Group Children for Fire Management

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fever
• Interventions: Other: Fever Management Education

• Registration Number: NCT06043479
• Lead Sponsor: Okan University

Brief Summary

The research was conducted in a randomized controlled design to evaluate the effectiveness of the fever management training given to mothers of children aged 0-5.

Detailed Description

The research was conducted between January 2023 and April 2023 in the Pediatric Ward of Gebze Fatih State Hospital. The study included 120 mothers, with 60 in the intervention group and 60 in the control group, who had children aged 0-5 years old admitted to the hospital with a complaint of fever. The data was collected using the 'Mother and Child Information Form,' 'Parent's Fever Management Scale (PFMS),' 'Fever Management Knowledge Statements Form (FMKSF),' and 'Follow-up Form. The data were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods in the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 26.0 software package.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2023-04-30
• Study Completion: 2023-04-30
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-21
• Status Verified: 2023-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-09-15
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-09-15
• Study First Posted: 2023-09-21
• Last Update Posted: 2023-09-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

• Mothers with 0-5 age group children in fever
• Must be literate

Exclusion Criteria

• Discharge before 3 days

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention group	Fever Management Education	The mothers were provided with a three-day training consisting of six sessions. Two sessions were held each day, with each session lasting for 30 minutes.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Follow-up Form	through study completion, an average of 3 month	The form was created by the researchers to track the participants' scores from the pre-test and post-test throughout the study.
Mother and Child Information Form	baseline	The form was prepared by the researchers based on a literature review. It consists of 7 questions about the demographic characteristics of mothers and their children aged 0-5 years and mothers' fever management.
The Fever Management Knowledge Statements Form	baseline and 3 days and 1 month	The form is a set of 25 statements developed by researchers to measure mothers' knowledge about fever management. These statements were created by reviewing the literature. Afterward, the statements were refined based on the input from five experts.
The Parent Fever Management Scale (PFMS)	baseline and 3 days and 1 month	The scale was developed by Walsh and colleagues (2008), aims to assess what parents do when their child's temperature rises. Its validity and reliability have been established by Cinar et al. (2014). The scale consists of 8 items, and scores can range from 8 to 40. Higher scores on the scale indicate that parents engage in more fever management practices and have more concerns, fever phobia, and parental burden related to fever.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

.Demet Yildirim; 🇹🇷 Gebze, Kocaeli̇, Turkey