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Simple leaflet could boost Parents' fever Know-How

NCT ID NCT04925401

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether giving parents a simple information leaflet about fever before their child's emergency room visit improves their knowledge of how to handle a fever. 220 parents of children aged 3 months to 15 years with a fever took part. The leaflet was based on official French health guidelines. The goal was to see if parents who got the leaflet answered questions about fever management more correctly than those who did not.

What this could mean

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Active substance
information brochure
What this could lead to
If it works, this could show that a simple leaflet helps parents better manage their child's fever at home, reducing unnecessary ER visits.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center study with no blinding, so results may not apply widely. The leaflet's effect on actual health outcomes is not measured.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

220 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2021

Finished

Oct 2022

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Be of legal age * Be the parent/legal guardian of a child aged between 3 months and 15 years, * A child with a fever \> 38°celsus on arrival at the emergency room (measured by electronic thermometer rectally for children under 2 years of age or axillary/oral for children over 2 years of age), * Severity of care rating by the IOA grade 4 (non-emergency care) * Parent affiliated to a social security system or entitled to it * Parent under "AME" French social security system * Parent informed and having signed the consent Exclusion Criteria * Parent/legal guardian who does not speak or read French, * Child with a pathology that does not allow for rectal temperature taking * Parent/legal guardian with a visual impairment that prevents reading the information note and/or the information brochure. * Parent / legal guardian under guardianship

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Conditions

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Fever

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Febrile illness Fever Stress

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • APHP Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris

    Paris, 75015, France

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