Hospital Admissions in Children Aged 3 Months to 5 Years Presenting With Fever to the Emergency Department

NCT01196793 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: SMH 24062010 V1 4
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 108
• Locations: 2 countries
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This study primarily aims to describe factors associated with hospitalisation of children aged 3 months to 5 years presenting with fever to an urban paediatric A\&E departments by describing and analysing characteristics both of those patients admitted to hospital and those managed in the community. To complement this, information on the short-term healthcare utilization by families attending the emergency department because of feverish illness will be collected. The study will be carried out in one participating centre in Switzerland and the United Kingdom, respectively, to enable a head to head comparison of the assessment and admission practices in two European countries. The resulting data will be used as the basis for further research in this area and will provide information on how to optimally structure service provision in acute febrile childhood illness.

Conditions

Fever

Keywords

Feverish illness in children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of Participants With Admission to Hospital Due to Parental High Levels of Worry

  Interview with the patient family to evaluation of the reasons for admission to emergency department

  7-10 days

Study Arms (1)

febrile children, age 3 m to 5 y

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Months - 5 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Children aged 3 months to 5 years presenting to an urban paediatric emergency department with fever

You may qualify if:

• Child aged 3months to 5years
• Temperature above or equal to 38°C measured by any method or reported hot by parents

You may not qualify if:

• none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: lead

Study Sites (2)

University Children's Hospital

Zurich, 8032, Switzerland

Location

St Mary's Hospital, Imperial NHS Hospitals Trust

London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fever

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Body Temperature Changes; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr Hermione Lyall
• Organization: Imperial College London NHS Trust

hermione.lyall@nhs.net

02033126965

Study Officials

• Hermione Lyall, MD

  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 6, 2010
• First Posted: September 8, 2010
• Study Start: April 30, 2012
• Primary Completion: July 3, 2014
• Study Completion: July 3, 2014
• Last Updated: September 17, 2019
• Results First Posted: September 9, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1); CH (1)