Specialty: Primary Care, Primary sub-specialty: Children
Conditions
Interventions
Parents/guardians of children aged five years or under are approached by the research assistant while they are in the GP waiting area for possible recruitment. The research assistant records demograph
Sponsors
University of Oxford
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Parent or guardian is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study. 2. Male or Female, aged 0 to 5 years 3. Presenting to a GP practice or out-of-hours service with an acute illness of a maximum of 14 days duration Inclusion criteria for qualitative interviews: 1. Recruited to main study 2. Able to conduct a telephone interview in English
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute trauma 2. Clinically unstable warranting immediate care 3. Prior inclusion in the study 4. Unable to understand trial material in English
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Agreement between the Thermofocus NCIT and electronic axillary thermometer is assessed using the limits of agreement at study visit | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Agreement between the Thermofoucs NCIT and Infrared tympanic thermometer (and therefore between tympanic and axillary) is assessed using the limits of agreement at study visit 2. Agreement between the Thermofocus NCIT and Firhealth NCIT is assessed using the limits of agreement at study visit 3. The ability of NCITs to detect fever (=38°C) is assessed using accuracy of diagnosing fever at study visit 4. The failure rates of all thermometers is assessed using proportion of failed measurements at study visit 5. The acceptability of the four thermometry methods is assessed using acceptability to parents and children if applicable at study visit 6. The reproducibility of measurements made with the two NCITs is assessed using intra-observer variability at study visit Tertiary outcome: Association between temperature readings and medication use at the index consultation with incidence of repeat consultations in in-hours and out-of-hours general practice, secondary referrals and hospital admission in the 30 days following initial recruitment is assessed by reviewing children’s medical notes. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactGail;George Hayward;Edwards
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Outcome results
None listed