Online Training to Improve Parents' Fever Management Practices

NCT07061327 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: AltayGamzegül
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study was planned to evaluate the effects of education provided to parents via WhatsApp on fever management. This research is a randomized controlled trial. The study includes parents who were reached via social media between April 2025 and July 2025 and who agreed to participate in the study voluntarily. The research sample will consist of mothers reached on the specified dates. The "Sociodemographic Data Collection Form", "Fever Management Questionnaire", "Fever Management Scale" and "E-Health Literacy" scale will be used to collect data.

Conditions

Fever; Parents

Keywords

Parent, Fever, Management, Online

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Fever management survey

  The fever management survey was created by the researchers by reviewing the relevant literature and examining the institutional guidelines (Sullivan and Farrar, 2011; El-Radhi, 2012; Yalnızoğlu Çaka et al., 2015; Chiappini et al., 2017; Elkon-Tamir et al., 2017; Kelly et al., 2019; Green et al., 2021; NICE, 2021; Vicens-Blanes et al., 2023). The survey form contains a total of 28 questions evaluating fever in children, fever detection, fever management and antipyretic use. Each question was prepared according to the 5-point Likert type (1 = I completely disagree - 5 = I completely agree). The participant can get a minimum of 28 and a maximum of 140 points from the survey. As the score obtained from the survey increases, the level of correct fever management in children by the parents also increases. Expert opinions were received from 7 faculty members working in the field of child health and disease nursing for the survey. Experts gave 1-4 points to each question (1=A lot of change is

  3 month

• E-health literacy scale

  The scale developed by Norman and Skinner (2006) was adapted to Turkish by Tamer Gencer (2017). The scale, consisting of 8 items, was designed as a 5-point Likert scale as follows: 1=I completely disagree, 2=I disagree, 3=I am undecided, 4=I agree, 5=I completely agree. The lowest score from the scale is 8, and the highest score is 40. As the score from the scale increases, the level of e-health literacy increases. The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale is 0.86. In order to use the scale in the study, permission to use the scale was obtained from the researcher who adapted the scale to Turkish (Tamer Gencer, 2017).

  3 month

• Parental Fever Management Scale

  The scale, developed by Walsh and Edwards in 2008 to assess fever management in parents, was adapted to Turkish by Çınar et al. (22) in 2013. The scale consists of eight questions. The questions are usually asked to question what parents do when their child has a fever. Participants can choose answers to Likert-type questions rated as "(1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) often, (5) always". The lowest score on this scale can be 8 and the highest score can be 40. Higher scores indicate more fever management practices, while lower scores indicate less fever management practices. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.79.

  3 month

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Online fever management training

Behavioral: Online fever management

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Fever management training will not be provided

Interventions

Online fever management BEHAVIORAL

Online training application will be carried out via Whatsapp

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a mother
• Having a child between the ages of 0-5
• Agreeing to participate in the research voluntarily
• Not having any chronic diseases in the child
• Not having any chronic diseases

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Recep Tayyip Erdogan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University

Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Altay G, Karaaslan MM, Celik I. The effectiveness of a WhatsApp-based educational intervention aimed at improving mothers' fever management: A randomized controlled trial. J Pediatr Nurs. 2026 Jan 14;87:146-153. doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2026.01.013. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 41539254 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fever

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor of Child Health and Disease Nursing

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 2, 2025
• First Posted: July 11, 2025
• Study Start: April 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2025
• Study Completion: July 1, 2025
• Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)