Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00948779
Antibiotic Education for Children in an Emergency Care Unit
Therapeutic Education About Intake of Oral Solutions of Antibiotics in Children Under 6 Year-old at the Emergency Department in Robert Debré Hospital
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 300 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 1 Month – 6 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a patient education in acute condition about the intake of oral solution antibiotic in children under 6 year-old are effective to improve the satisfaction about the therapeutic education, the knowledge about antibiotics among the patients' families and thereby decrease the misuses of antibiotics.
Detailed description
Adherence to antibiotic regimen for common childhood illnesses, such as otitis media and streptococcal pharyngitis, is related to a variety of outcomes such as illness' remission, prevention of recurrent infections, maintaining of cost-effectiveness, and prevention of the growth of antibiotic-resistance. A patient and family 's therapeutic education about the intake of an oral solution of antibiotic should decrease the misuses of antibiotic, improve the family 's knowledge and the satisfaction of the patient and his family. Those factors are related to the understanding and adherence to the antibiotic prescription.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit | Educational, Behavioral, and Organizational intervention to improve the use of oral antibiotics in children under 6 years |
| OTHER | antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit | Educational, Behavioral and Organizational intervention to improve the antipyretic therapy in children under 6 years. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2009-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-03-01
- Completion
- 2012-03-01
- First posted
- 2009-07-29
- Last updated
- 2023-02-03
Locations
1 site across 1 country: France
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00948779. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.