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

NCT05929131 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2022-SBB-0645
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 144
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Fever; Child, Only

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The parents in the groups who received discharge instructions with a video and brochure, three days later, had a lower "Parental Fever Management Scale" score average than the control group.

  As a result of the answers given to the scale, the total score varies between 8 and 40. The increase in the total score of the scale indicates that parents developed high anxiety and fever phobia during the care of their children's febrile illnesses.

  3 days

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• The parents in the groups who received discharge instructions with a video and brochure, after three days, had higher scores on the "Fever Management Approach Scale" compared to the control group.

  3 days

Study Arms (3)

discharge instructions with video

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: discharge instructions with video

verbal discharge instructions only

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

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.

Other: verbal discharge instructions only

discharge instructions with pamphlet

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Other: discharge instructions with pamphlet

Interventions

discharge instructions with pamphlet 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.

discharge instructions with pamphlet

discharge instructions with video 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.

discharge instructions with video

verbal discharge instructions only 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.

verbal discharge instructions only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 1 Month - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bartın Unıversity: lead

Study Sites (1)

Bartin Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital

Bartın, 74100, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Kurt A, Dinc F, Gunes San E. Video and booklet discharge instructions for mothers for childhood fever in pediatric emergency department: A randomized controlled trial. Int Emerg Nurs. 2025 Feb;78:101546. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2024.101546. Epub 2024 Dec 4.

  PMID: 39637747 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fever

Interventions

Videotape Recording

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Tape Recording; Audiovisual Aids; Educational Technology; Technology; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture; Television

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SEQUENTIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 4, 2023
• First Posted: July 3, 2023
• Study Start: January 2, 2023
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2023
• Study Completion: August 30, 2023
• Last Updated: September 6, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Locations

TU (1)