ACHEEN: Antibiotic Education for Children in an Emergency Care Unit

Sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT00948779

Collaborator

(none)

300

Enrollment

Location

Arms

36.9

Duration (Months)

8.1

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Pyelonephritis Urinary Tract Infections	Other: antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit Other: antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit	N/A

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.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

300 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

Therapeutic Education About Intake of Oral Solutions of Antibiotics in Children Under 6 Year-old at the Emergency Department in Robert Debré Hospital

Study Start Date :

Feb 1, 2009

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2012

Actual Study Completion Date :

Mar 1, 2012

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: antibiotics antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the use of antibiotics at home.	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
Experimental: the antipyretic therapy antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the antipyretic therapy at home.	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. Other Names: antibiotic education for children an emergency care unit

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Other: antibiotics

antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the use of antibiotics at home.

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

Experimental: the antipyretic therapy

antibiotic education for children in an emergency care unit: Patient and family's therapeutic education to improve the antipyretic therapy at home.

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.

Other Names:

antibiotic education for children an emergency care unit

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

satisfaction (likert scale) [15 days]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Parent's knowledge [15 days and 6 months]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

1 Month to 6 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

French-speaking patients seen at the emergency department and discharged with a diagnosis of bacterial infections (urinary and respiratory tract infections, streptococcal pharyngitis, acute otitis media) requiring 5 to 10 days of an oral solution of antibiotic.
Under 6 year-old.
No opposition of the parents to be included in the study.
Personal health insurance.