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

Okan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fever

Treatments: Other: Fever Management Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06043479

Okan Uni

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

• Discharge before 3 days

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

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.

Treatment:

Other: Fever Management Education

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Routine practices continued for the mothers for three days without providing any training.