Evaluation of Knowledge About Fever After Consultation in the Pediatric Emergency Department
NCT ID: NCT04925401
Last Updated: 2025-11-20
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
220 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2021-11-02
2022-10-21
Brief Summary
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Single-center randomized controlled trial.
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Detailed Description
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The majority of visits for febrile conditions in children over 3 months of age are avoidable and do not require emergency and/or hospital care. Mistaken beliefs and lack of knowledge about what to do in the event of a febrile episode lead parents to consult a hospital emergency room for their child, which can have an impact on emergency room overcrowding.
The proportion of emergency room visits for febrile conditions assessed by the Intake and Referral Nurse (IOR) as not requiring urgent care raises questions about parents'/legal guardians' knowledge of fever, its monitoring, and what to do during a febrile episode.
The aim of our study is to evaluate parents' knowledge of fever and the appropriate course of action during a febrile episode in a pediatric emergency department of a Parisian university hospital by comparing standard management practices with the knowledge provided by an information brochure.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Information brochure Arm
The experimental group will receive an information brochure on fever in children and how to deal with a febrile episode and usual medical management.
The Information brochure will be created on the basis of information given by the French pediatric network Courlygone and the French National Authority for Health.
An information brochure on fever in children and how to deal with a paediatric febrile episode and usual medical management.
Habitual care
The control group will receive the usual medical management
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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The Information brochure will be created on the basis of information given by the French pediatric network Courlygone and the French National Authority for Health.
An information brochure on fever in children and how to deal with a paediatric febrile episode and usual medical management.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Be the parent/legal guardian of a child aged between 3 months and 15 years,
* A child with a fever \> 38°celsus on arrival at the emergency room (measured by electronic thermometer rectally for children under 2 years of age or axillary/oral for children over 2 years of age),
* Severity of care rating by the IOA grade 4 (non-emergency care)
* Parent affiliated to a social security system or entitled to it
* Parent under "AME" French social security system
* Parent informed and having signed the consent
Exclusion Criteria
* Child with a pathology that does not allow for rectal temperature taking
* Parent/legal guardian with a visual impairment that prevents reading the information note and/or the information brochure.
* Parent / legal guardian under guardianship
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin
OTHER
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Hélène CHAPPUY, MD, PhD
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Locations
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APHP Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris
Paris, , France
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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2021-A00643-38
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
APHP210578
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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