Pediatric, Instructions, Analgesics, Emergency Department
Conditions
Interventions
Parents from patients in the post-implementation phase (phase two of the study) will receive a written instruction leaflet with patient targeted information and a link to an instruction video.
Sponsors
Erasmus Medical Center
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Age 0 - 12 years. • Children with pain, for whom pain treatment after discharge from the ED to the home environment was advised / prescribed by the treating physician and noted in the patient file. • Parents understand, speak and read Dutch.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • No informed consent. • Patients with pain who were admitted. • Patients who were suspected of child abuse. • Patients who took analgesics on a regular base (because of other co-morbidities, e.g. rheumatoid arthritis and sickle-cell disease).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correct recall of provided information | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Patient related: Pain score (Manchester pain scale) at day three. Parent satisfaction concerning the ED instructions. Process related: Type, amount and dosing schedule of analgesics given by the parents. Number of days the pain medication was given. Number of revisits, contact with the ED Safety related: percentage of overdosing Influence of possible confounding factors on recall of information. Compliance (post-implementation phase), was the written information, with link to the video provided at the ED. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAmber. E. Hoek
Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, (room Na-222k)
Outcome results
None listed