Trial reportBMC pediatrics2019
Randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve parental knowledge and management practices of fever.
Trial report in BMC pediatrics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02903342 (Fever and Febrile Support for Parents and Carers of Children 2016), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Fever and Febrile Support for Parents and Carers of Children 2016
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Video Tutorials to Empower Caregivers of Ill Children and Reduce Health Care Utilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Parental Health Literacy as a Determinant of Parenting Practices and Early Childhood Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Coming in hot: using emotional journey maps to examine parental perceptions associated with presentation of their child with fever to the emergency department in England.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Parents' Motivations for Calling an Out-of-Hours Helpline: Qualitative Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Changes in parental knowledge and concerns regarding pediatric fever from 2017 to 2024: repeated cross-sectional surveys on the association of a smartphone application.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Fever education for caregivers in the emergency room (The FEVER study)-an interventional trial.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Parents' Knowledge and Management of Fever: "Parents Versus Fever!"Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Survey of knowledge, practice, and associated factors toward home management of childhood fever among parents visiting Gondar health facilities in 2022.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundWe know that parents require resources which can assist them to improve fever knowledge and management practices. The purpose of this study, using an RCT, was to examine the effectiveness of an information leaflet at increasing parental knowledge of fever, specifically temperature definition.
methodsA prospective, multi-centre, randomised, two-parallel arm, controlled trial with blinded outcome ascertainment was conducted. Parents presenting at purposively selected healthcare facilities who had a child aged ≤5 years of age were invited to participate. An information leaflet for use in the trial was designed based on previous studies with parents. Parents in the intervention arm read an information leaflet on fever and management of fever in children, completed a short questionnaire at Time 1 (T1) and again 2 weeks after randomisation at Time 2 (T2). Parents in the control arm did not receive the fever information leaflet but completed the same questionnaire as the intervention arm at T1 and againat T2. The primary outcome was the correct definition of fever (higher than ≥38 °C).
resultsA total of 100 parents participated in the study at T1. A greater proportion of the intervention group (76%) than the control group (28%) selected the correct temperature (≥38 °C) at T1. 76% of the intervention arm correctly identified "higher than ≥38°C" as the temperature at which a fever is said to be present compared to 28% of the control arm. After 2 weeks, there was an increase of 6% of parents in the intervention arm (increase to 82.4%) who gave the correct temperature compared to just a 2.8% increase in the control arm (increase to 30.8%). Univariate logistic regression showed that parents in the intervention arm were significantly more likely to give the correct answer at both time-points (T1: OR 8.1; CI 95% 3.3-19.9: p < 0.01; T2: OR 10.5; CI 95% 3.4-32.0: p < 0.01).
conclusionsOur RCT of this simple educational intervention has been shown to improve parental understanding of fever knowledge and correct management strategies. Education interventions providing simple, clear information is a key step to decreasing parental mismanagement of fever and febrile illness in children.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02903342, September 16, 2016, Retrospectively registered.
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