AI-Powered fever guide tested on anxious moms
NCT ID NCT07086547
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jul 24, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study will test whether an AI-generated educational program can improve how mothers manage their children's fevers and reduce their anxiety. Eighty mothers of young children visiting a Turkish emergency department will be split into two groups: one gets the AI-based training, the other gets standard care. Researchers will measure changes in fever management skills and anxiety levels before and after the education.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- AI-based fever management education (ChatGPT-generated materials)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that AI-generated educational materials are a useful tool for teaching parents how to manage childhood fever and reduce their anxiety.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 80 participants at one hospital. The AI content may not be better than standard care, and results may not apply to other settings or languages.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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80 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 50 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Mothers aged over 18 years, * Mothers with children aged between 6 months and 5 years, * No hearing problems, * Agree to participate in the study, * Presenting to the pediatric emergency department with a complaint of fever in their child, * Child admitted to the emergency observation room for treatment, * Able to speak and understand Turkish. Exclusion Criteria: * Illiterate mothers, * Mothers whose children have had febrile seizures, * Mothers whose children have comorbid diseases, * Mothers whose children have symptoms requiring medical intervention other than fever.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Erciyes University (ERÜ) Health Application and Research Center, Fevzi Mercan-Mustafa Eraslan Children's Hospital, Pediatric Emergency Unit
Kayseri, Talas, 38160, Turkey (Türkiye)
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