Antibiotic Education for Children in an Emergency Care Unit

NCT00948779 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ID RCB 2008-A00892-53
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a patient education in acute condition about the intake of oral solution antibiotic in children under 6 year-old are effective to improve the satisfaction about the therapeutic education, the knowledge about antibiotics among the patients' families and thereby decrease the misuses of antibiotics.

Conditions

Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Respiratory Tract Infections; Pyelonephritis; Urinary Tract Infections

Keywords

Patient education; Antibiotic; Child; Respiratory tract infection; Patient satisfaction; Parental knowledge; Adherence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• satisfaction (likert scale)

  15 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Parent's knowledge

  15 days and 6 months

Study Arms (2)

antibiotics

OTHER

antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the use of antibiotics at home.

Other: antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit

the antipyretic therapy

EXPERIMENTAL

antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the antipyretic therapy at home.

Other: antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit

Interventions

antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit OTHER

Educational, Behavioral, and Organizational intervention to improve the use of oral antibiotics in children under 6 years

antibiotics

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Month - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• French-speaking patients seen at the emergency department and discharged with a diagnosis of bacterial infections (urinary and respiratory tract infections, streptococcal pharyngitis, acute otitis media) requiring 5 to 10 days of an oral solution of antibiotic.
• Under 6 year-old.
• No opposition of the parents to be included in the study.
• Personal health insurance.

You may not qualify if:

• Chronic pathology such as: Sickle cell disease, AIDS.
• Parents with insufficient knowledge of French.
• Family not reachable by phone.
• Antibiotic's suspected allergy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hôpital Robert Debré

Paris, 75019, France

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Angoulvant F, Rouault A, Prot-Labarthe S, Boizeau P, Skurnik D, Morin L, Mercier JC, Alberti C, Bourdon O. Randomized controlled trial of parent therapeutic education on antibiotics to improve parent satisfaction and attitudes in a pediatric emergency department. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 26;8(9):e75590. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075590. eCollection 2013.

  PMID: 24086581 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Respiratory Tract Infections; Pyelonephritis; Urinary Tract Infections; Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Nephritis, Interstitial; Nephritis; Kidney Diseases; Urologic Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases; Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications; Urogenital Diseases; Pyelitis; Male Urogenital Diseases; Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• François Angoulvant, MD

  Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 28, 2009
• First Posted: July 29, 2009
• Study Start: February 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2012
• Last Updated: February 3, 2023

Record last verified: 2012-07

Locations

FR (1)