Fever Education Given to Parents of Children Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Fever Education.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Fever. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
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Official title
Evaluation of the Effect of Fever Education Given to Parents of Children Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever on Parental Anxiety Level and Fever Management
Overview
Fever is a common symptom of childhood, especially between the ages of one and five, and is the main reason for emergency room visits. These emergency room visits are due to parents incorrect information and practices regarding fever management. This situation causes an increase in parental anxiety and failure to provide fever management. In line with this information, this study was planned to evaluate the effects of education given to parents of children presenting to the emergency room with fever on parental anxiety level and fever management.
Detailed description
Fever is a common symptom in childhood and is the main reason for emergency room visits. The rate of children applying to the emergency department due to fever in our country is quite high compared to the rest of the world. Parents misinformation and practices regarding fever increase parental anxiety levels and negatively affect fever management. Interventional studies aimed at reducing parents anxiety levels and ensuring fever management are quite limited. This research will evaluate the effect of fever education given to parents on their anxiety levels and fever management.
The research was planned as a randomized controlled study with experimental and control groups. The research will be carried out between April 2024 and April 2025. After the power analysis of the sample, a total of 80 people will be included in the sample, 40 in the experimental group and 40 in the control group. Parents in the experimental group will be given fever training, while parents in the control group will not receive any treatment. Data will be collected with Parent-Child Introductory Information Form, State Anxiety Scale, Parent Fever Management Scale, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)- Satisfaction with Fever Education Practice Scale and Parent-Education Satisfaction Form Scale. The data will be pre-tested, post-tested 1 month after the training, and permanence tested 3 months after the training, and the research will be terminated. Generalised linear models analysis, robust ANOVA, independent samples t test, Mann Whitney U and chi-square analysis will be used in the evaluation of the data. Mean, s.deviation, median, minimum and maximum will be used for quantitative data and frequency and percentage will be used for categorical data.As a result of the research, it is expected that fever education given to parents will positively affect parental anxiety level and fever management.
Interventions
- Other Fever Education
Another aspect of this research that is different from other studies is that a retention test will be applied to the participants after the pre-test and post-test, and the long-term effect of the training given will be examined. In this direction, it is aimed to reduce the inappropriate use of emergency services, the use of unnecessary tests and the increasing health system costs. It is aimed to prevent crowding in the emergency department by reducing the inappropriate use of emergency services.
Primary outcome measures
- Introductory Information Form [Time frame: one months]
- State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI) [Time frame: one months]
- Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR) [Time frame: one months]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI) [Time frame: three months]
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS) - Satisfaction Scale for Fire Education Application [Time frame: three months]
- Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR) [Time frame: three months]
- Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR) [Time frame: two months]
- State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI) [Time frame: two months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Having a child between the ages of 1-5
- Able to read, understand and have no problems speaking Turkish
- Having a green triage code in the emergency room triage application
Exclusion criteria
- Children diagnosed with or receiving treatment for chronic diseases
- Children with a history of febrile convulsions
- Children dependent on home mechanical ventilation
- Parents with psychiatric diagnoses will be excluded from the study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 3 centers
- Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Emergency Unit — Trabzon
- Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Emergency Unit — Trabzon
- Karadeniz Technical University Faculty of Medicine Pediatric Emergency Unit — Trabzon
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06599853 · KaradenizTU-SBF-MY-01