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

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

144 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-01-02

Study Completion Date

2023-08-30

Brief Summary

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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.

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Detailed Description

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The research will be carried out in a randomized controlled manner. There will be three groups in the research: those who received video (intervention), brochure (intervention) and verbal (control) discharge instructions. A power analysis was performed based on the number of children in both groups, in another study in which the scales to be used in the research were used. According to the calculations made in the G-Power 3.1 Demo package program, when the effect size was accepted as 0.8, it was seen that at least 48 cases in each group would be sufficient for 80% power. Children who meet the research criteria will be assigned a random number to the intervention and control groups via http://www.randomize.org/ by numbering the order of arrival at the hospital. Research data will be collected using Descriptive Information Form and Parental Fever Management Scale and Post-Discharge Data Collection Form.

Conditions

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Fever Child, Only

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

discharge instructions with video

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

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.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

verbal discharge instructions only

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

discharge instructions with pamphlet

Intervention Type OTHER

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.

Interventions

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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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type 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.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The child is between 1 month and 18 years old
* Parent's consent to participate in the research
* Parent's completion of all pre-and post-education follow-up

Exclusion Criteria

* The child is not between 1 month and 18 years old
* The child does not undergo day surgery.
* Parent's refusal to participate in the research
* Parent not completing all pre- and post-education follow-up

Minimum Eligible Age

1 Month

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes