Video and Brochure and Discharge Instructions for Childhood Fever in the Pediatric Emergency Department
Condition: Fever; Child, Only
MeSH terms: Emergencies; Fever
Study type: Interventional

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.
    

Detailed description: 
      The research will be carried out in a randomized controlled manner. There will be three
      groups in the research: those who received video (intervention), brochure (intervention) and
      verbal (control) discharge instructions. A power analysis was performed based on the number
      of children in both groups, in another study in which the scales to be used in the research
      were used. According to the calculations made in the G-Power 3.1 Demo package program, when
      the effect size was accepted as 0.8, it was seen that at least 48 cases in each group would
      be sufficient for 80% power. Children who meet the research criteria will be assigned a
      random number to the intervention and control groups via http://www.randomize.org/ by
      numbering the order of arrival at the hospital. Research data will be collected using
      Descriptive Information Form and Parental Fever Management Scale and Post-Discharge Data
      Collection Form.
    

Intervention name(s): discharge instructions with pamphlet; discharge instructions with video; verbal discharge instructions only
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Other
Intervention description(s): 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.; 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.; 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.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Sequential Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary purpose: Other