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NCT Number: NCT01659879

Multimedia Based Information to Parents in a Pediatric Acute Ward: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to determine whether multimedia based health information presented in a pediatric acute ward to parents of children with breathing difficulties due to lower respiratory tract infections, is more effective than verbal information to reduce the parent's anxiety and to increase satisfaction with nursing care and health information.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Communication Anxiety Disorders Behavior Consumer Behavior Mental Disorders

Age range

10 year–105 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of Pediatrics, St. Olav's University Hospital

Trondheim, Norway

About this study

The intervention website www.syktbarn.no is an open Norwegian online resource for parents of small children, and the site contains videos, audio clips, animations, illustrations, pictures and text materials regarding children's illnesses and normal development. In addition, the parents can use an interactive symptom checker that will help them to decide what to do and when to seek medical advice when their child is sick. The uniqueness of the website is the authentic video clips of sick children with common childhood symptoms like breathing difficulties, signs of dehydration, rash, cough and fever.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • parents of 0-15 years old children with breathing difficulties caused by LRTI (bronchiolitis, laryngitis or pneumonia) or asthma exacerbation
  • ability to communicate and read Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

  • parents of children with chronic diseases who have direct access to the acute ward, children with oxygen saturation less than 90 %, or other very sick children who need urgent treatment

Treatment and study plan

Multimedia information

Behavioral

verbal information

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. parental anxiety

    Time frame: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.

    evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (translated to Norwegian)

Secondary outcomes

  1. parental satisfaction with nursing care

    Time frame: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.

    evaluated with the Consumer Emergency Care Satisfaction Scale (CECSS)

  2. Parental satisfaction with the health information given in the acute ward.

    Time frame: 1-2 weeks after discharge from the hospital. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours, and an average stay in the children's department is 2 days.

    Evaluated with a structured telephone interview 1-2 weeks after hospital discharge, performed by the main researcher.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Other

Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Aug 8, 2012
Registry last updated
Dec 29, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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