Optimising decision making among childcare staff and parents on illness absenteeism from fever and common infections in children 0 to 4 attending child day care centers.

Optimising decision making among childcare staff and parents on illness absenteeism from fever and common infections in children 0 to 4 attending at child day care centers: a cluster randomized controlled trial.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23477

Enrollment

520

Registered

2017-04-21

Start date

2017-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Childhood fever Common infections Illness absenteeism Kinderen met koorts Veelvoorkomende infectieziekten Absentie door ziekte

Interventions

1) Educational session on childhood fever provided to childcare center staff 2) Interactive information booklet on childhood fever and common infections provided to childcare centers staff and parent

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Childcare staff with a permanent tenure at the participating childcare locations. Childcare staff who work as fixed replacement or trainee. All children attending childcare locations of child day care organization MIK in the region of South of Limburg, the Netherlands. Chronically ill children will also be included.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children aged 4 years or older switch to preschool and school care facilities.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Absenteeism due to illness, defined as the percentage of childcare days absent due to illness on the total of childcare days during a 12-week period.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
On the level of childcare staff: 1) Knowledge, attitude, risk perception, self-efficacy (survey) On the level of parents: 1) Knowledge, attitude, risk perception, self-efficacy (survey) 2) Healthcare service use during illness episode for fever or common infections, paracetamol use for fever or common infections, productivity losses, incidence of fever and common infections, number and duration of illness episodes.	—

Measure

Time frame

On the level of childcare staff: 1) Knowledge, attitude, risk perception, self-efficacy (survey) On the level of parents: 1) Knowledge, attitude, risk perception, self-efficacy (survey) 2) Healthcare service use during illness episode for fever or common infections, paracetamol use for fever or common infections, productivity losses, incidence of fever and common infections, number and duration of illness episodes.

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Contacts

Public ContactKirsten Peetoom

kirsten.peetoom@maastrichtuniversity.nl0433882188

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)