Effect of Practical Demonstration to Use Nasal Spray and Apply Intranasal Ointment on Epistaxis

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To compare the result of verbally educating the parents about method of intranasal antiseptic cream application versus practically educating and demonstrating how to apply cream intra nasally.

Detailed Description
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The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visits

Official Title
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Effect of Practical Demonstration to Use Nasal Spray and Apply Intranasal Ointment on Outcome, in Cases of Recurrent Pediatric Epistaxis

Conditions
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Epistaxis

Intervention / Treatment
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* Procedure: Health education with practical demonstration of nasal ointment
* Drug: Health Education and practical demonstration of Nasal spray and intranasal ointment


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: The children of age less than 12 years presenting with anterior recurrent epistaxis Exclusion Criteria: o Children with bleeding disorders. Children with liver and renal failure/dysfunction. Children using anti-coagulants. Those children who have gross deviated nasal septum or nasal polys etc. Cases who had history of nasal injuries secondary to trauma.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 1 Year
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Health Education with practical demonstration<br>Participants assigned to the intervention arm received health education with practical demonstration of nasal spray and intranasal ointment . | Procedure: Health education with practical demonstration of nasal ointment<br>* Health education with practical demonstration of medicine was compared to health education without practical demonstration<br>* Other names: Group A and B;Drug: Health Education and practical demonstration of Nasal spray and intranasal ointment<br>* We compared the effect of Health education and practical demonstration for using nasal spray and apply intranasal ointment compared to health education without practical demonstration<br>* Other names: Health education with practical demonstration group;|
| Placebo Comparator: Health education without practical demonstration<br>Participants assigned to the control arm received only health education regarding nasal spray and intranasal ointment . | Procedure: Health education with practical demonstration of nasal ointment<br>* Health education with practical demonstration of medicine was compared to health education without practical demonstration<br>* Other names: Group A and B;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| number of epistaxis episodes | Success rate was measured on number of epistaxis episodes after treatment. The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visit | 0ne month | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Epistaxis, Randomized control trial, Health education