NCT05947006

Study of the Impact of a Pediatric Nurse's Consultation on Parental Anxiety During a Febrile Convulsion in Children

Study of the Impact of the Setting up of a Pediatric Nurse's Consultation on Parental Anxiety During a Febrile Convulsion in Children

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 8 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Toulouse · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Febrile seizures are considered a very common syndrome presented in the pediatric emergency room. Witnessing these seizures may can cause anxiety in parents and generate them psychological sequelae such as major depressive disorder in the short term, or sleep disorders in the long term. An appropriate care for parents must be put in place in the emergency department, with the objective of improving their knowledge of this pathology and its care, and thus to reduce their anxiety and prevent potential inappropriate or even deleterious behavior and maneuvers towards the child.

Detailed description

Febrile seizures occupy a large place in pediatric practice in the emergency room, their prevalence varies between 3 and 8% in children under 7 years old, hence the notion of a very common syndrome. When parents witness this event, they can experience it as terrifying, and which can alone cause anxiety and generate psychological sequelae. In the literature, it is described that a third of the parents present a major depressive disorder after the event and a third of the parents still describe sleep disorders after one year. After the arrival at the pediatric emergency room following the febrile seizure, the priority is given to the care of the child and parents are given succinct medical information. Due to parental anxiety, which may still be significant at this time, this information may not be understood. All of this can make the parent's level of knowledge about this pathology and its management low, potentially leading to future behaviors and maneuvers (such as shaking) that are inappropriate or even harmful to the child. A different course with appropriate care for parents must be put in place in the emergency department, with the objective of improving their knowledge of this pathology, its care and to reduce parent's anxiety. This is why the CONSULFE childcare consultation is proposed in this research.

Conditions

• Febrile Seizure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard care	Patients in this arm will receive the standard care stablished in the emergency room after a febrile seizure, consisting of a medical assessment of the child, followed by 6 hours of supervision of the child and his parent in the waiting room, a reassessment of the child by the doctor, and finally they can return home
OTHER	CONSULFE consultation	In addition to the standard care, patients in this arm will receive a consultation managed by the pediatric nurse (CONSULFE) during the 6 hour supervision time in the waiting room

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-22
• Primary completion: 2025-03-04
• Completion: 2025-03-04
• First posted: 2023-07-14
• Last updated: 2025-07-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France