Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Training Given to Mothers With 0-5 Age Group Children for Fire Management

The research was conducted in a randomized controlled design to evaluate the effectiveness of the fever management training given to mothers of children aged 0-5.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Fever
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Fever Management Education

Detailed Description

The research was conducted between January 2023 and April 2023 in the Pediatric Ward of Gebze Fatih State Hospital. The study included 120 mothers, with 60 in the intervention group and 60 in the control group, who had children aged 0-5 years old admitted to the hospital with a complaint of fever. The data was collected using the 'Mother and Child Information Form,' 'Parent's Fever Management Scale (PFMS),' 'Fever Management Knowledge Statements Form (FMKSF),' and 'Follow-up Form. The data were analyzed using appropriate statistical methods in the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 26.0 software package.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 120
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Kocaeli̇
    • Gebze, Kocaeli̇, Turkey, 41400
      • .Demet Yildirim

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Mothers with 0-5 age group children in fever
• Must be literate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Discharge before 3 days

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group; The mothers were provided with a three-day training consisting of six sessions. Two sessions were held each day, with each session lasting for 30 minutes.	Other: Fever Management Education; The mothers were provided with a three-day training consisting of six sessions. Two sessions were held each day, with each session lasting for 30 minutes.
No Intervention: Control group; Routine practices continued for the mothers for three days without providing any training.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mother and Child Information Form	The form was prepared by the researchers based on a literature review. It consists of 7 questions about the demographic characteristics of mothers and their children aged 0-5 years and mothers' fever management.	baseline
The Parent Fever Management Scale (PFMS)	The scale was developed by Walsh and colleagues (2008), aims to assess what parents do when their child's temperature rises. Its validity and reliability have been established by Cinar et al. (2014). The scale consists of 8 items, and scores can range from 8 to 40. Higher scores on the scale indicate that parents engage in more fever management practices and have more concerns, fever phobia, and parental burden related to fever.	baseline and 3 days and 1 month
The Fever Management Knowledge Statements Form	The form is a set of 25 statements developed by researchers to measure mothers' knowledge about fever management. These statements were created by reviewing the literature. Afterward, the statements were refined based on the input from five experts.	baseline and 3 days and 1 month
The Follow-up Form	The form was created by the researchers to track the participants' scores from the pre-test and post-test throughout the study.	through study completion, an average of 3 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Okan University
• Investigators: Study Director: Nadiye Barış Eren, Tarsus University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): April 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 21, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): September 21, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 21, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Child; education; fever,; mother,; fever management,
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Temperature Changes; Fever
• Other Study ID Numbers: Okan Uni

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No