Fever and Febrile Support for Parents and Carers of Children 2016

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To assess the suitability and user-friendliness of an information leaflet for parents on management of fever and febrile illness in children. The purpose of the leaflet is to provide evidence-based information for parents regarding fever and febrile illness in children.

Detailed Description
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The aim of this study is to assess the suitability and user-friendliness of an information leaflet for parents on management of fever and febrile illness in children. The purpose of the leaflet is to provide evidence-based information for parents regarding fever and febrile illness in children. The potential benefit of the leaflet is empowerment parents to take responsibility for monitoring their child's illness, thereby enabling parents to take effective and informed action when required. The investigators hypothesise that provision of a user friendly information leaflet for parents increases knowledge and provides decision support to guide parents fever management. This study will investigate the ability of an information leaflet to increase parental knowledge regarding the management of fever and febrile illness in children. Three leaflets were designed. Stakeholders were consulted to select the most appropriate leaflet prior to the beginning of the trial. One leaflet will be used in the trial. A prospective, multi-centre, randomized, two-parallel arm, controlled trial with blinded outcome ascertainment will be conducted. Three information leaflets were designed based on a previous survey with parents in Ireland. One leaflet was selected for use as the intervention following consultation with stakeholders. The Primary Objective of the project is to quantify if reading and understanding a leaflet on fever and febrile illness management increases parental knowledge on the subject.

Official Title
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Fever and Febrile Support for Parents and Carers of Children 2016

Conditions
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Fever, Febrile Illness

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Leaflet


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Parents with at least one child aged five years of age or younger at the time of recruitment. Parents of healthy children. Exclusion Criteria: Parents who did not have at least one child aged five years of age or younger at the time of recruitment.
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention<br>Parents will be asked to read a leaflet. They will then complete a survey and re-complete the survey via telephone two weeks later. | Other: Leaflet<br>* A leaflet designed from data obtained from previous qualitative and quantitative studies.<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br>Parents will be asked to complete a survey and re-complete the survey via telephone two weeks later. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Increase in parental knowledge regarding temperature definition for fever | Increases in correct parental definition of fever temperature detected using a questionnaire | 2 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Increase in parental knowledge regarding management of fever | Increases in correct parental management of fever detected using a questionnaire | 2 weeks | 
| Decrease in parents alternating between antipyretics | Decreases in parents alternating between antipyretics to manage fever detected using a questionnaire | 2 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Fever, Febrile illness, Children