Health CommunicationNCT01659879
Multimedia Based Information to Parents in a Pediatric Acute Ward: A Randomized Controlled Trial
A study testing Multimedia information and verbal information in people with Health Communication, run by Norwegian University of Science and Technology at 1 site in Norway.
Trial summary
The aim of this study is to determine whether multimedia based health information presented in a pediatric acute ward to parents of children with breathing difficulties due to lower respiratory tract infections, is more effective than verbal information to reduce the parent's anxiety and to increase satisfaction with… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 10 to 105 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Health Communication
- What is being tested?
- Multimedia information and verbal information
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 101 participants
- Where
- 1 siteNorway
- Study dates
- Jan 2011to Aug 2011
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 10 to 105 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- parents of 0-15 years old children with breathing difficulties caused by LRTI (bronchiolitis, laryngitis or pneumonia) or asthma exacerbation
- ability to communicate and read Norwegian
Who cannot join
- parents of children with chronic diseases who have direct access to the acute ward, children with oxygen saturation less than 90 %, or other very sick children who need urgent treatment
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Norway1 site
Department of Pediatrics, St. Olav's University Hospital
Trondheim
About this study
The aim of this study is to determine whether multimedia based health information presented in a pediatric acute ward to parents of children with breathing difficulties due to lower respiratory tract infections, is more effective than verbal information to reduce the parent's anxiety and to increase satisfaction with nursing care and health information.
Read the detailed description
The intervention website www.syktbarn.no is an open Norwegian online resource for parents of small children, and the site contains videos, audio clips, animations, illustrations, pictures and text materials regarding children's illnesses and normal development. In addition, the parents can use an interactive symptom checker that will help them to decide what to do and when to seek medical advice when their child is sick. The uniqueness of the website is the authentic video clips of sick children with common childhood symptoms like breathing difficulties, signs of dehydration, rash, cough and fever.
- Conditions
- Health Communication
- Being tested
- Multimedia information, verbal information
- Keywords
- Parents, Caregivers, Anxiety, Consumer satisfaction
- Medical subject headings
- Anxiety Disorders, Consumer Behavior
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Multimedia informationBehavioural
verbal informationBehavioural
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| multimedia information | Experimental | Health information concerning the child's diagnosis, treatment and recovery time after evaluation by the pediatrician, using a 15 minutes long standardized health information package with multimedia elements from the Norwegian website www.syktbarn.no (English version: www.childhealthguide.com) Receives: Behavioral: Multimedia information |
| verbal information | Active comparator | Verbal health information by a nurse in the acute ward concerning the child's diagnosis, treatment and recovery time, after the evaluation by the pediatrician Receives: Behavioral: verbal information |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
parental anxiety
evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (translated to Norwegian)
Measured: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.
Secondary outcomes (2)
parental satisfaction with nursing care
evaluated with the Consumer Emergency Care Satisfaction Scale (CECSS)
Measured: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.
Parental satisfaction with the health information given in the acute ward.
Evaluated with a structured telephone interview 1-2 weeks after hospital discharge, performed by the main researcher.
Measured: 1-2 weeks after discharge from the hospital. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours, and an average stay in the children's department is 2 days.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted8 Aug 2012 (estimated)
- Study startJan 2011
- Primary completionMar 2011
- Study completionAug 2011
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Health CommunicationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 101 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Jon Skranes, MD, PhD, Study director, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyHenrik Døllner, MD, PhD, Principal investigator, St. Olavs Hospital
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01659879
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- LBK-2010/12-1
- Status last verified
- Dec 2023
- First submitted
- 2 Aug 2012
- Last updated
- 29 Dec 2023
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Botngard A, Skranes LP, Skranes J, Dollner H. Multimedia based health information to parents in a pediatric acute ward: a randomized controlled trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Dec;93(3):389-93. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.017. Epub 2013 May 15.
PubMed 23684375
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 29 Dec 2023. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Multimedia Based Information to Parents in a Pediatric Acute Ward: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01659879
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- LBK-2010/12-1
- Conditions
- Health Communication
- Keywords
- Parents, Caregivers, Anxiety, Consumer satisfaction
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 101 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Study start
- Jan 2011
- Primary completion
- Mar 2011 (actual)
- Study completion
- Aug 2011 (actual)
- First posted
- 8 Aug 2012 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The aim of this study is to determine whether multimedia based health information presented in a pediatric acute ward to parents of children with breathing difficulties due to lower respiratory tract infections, is more effective than verbal information to reduce the parent's anxiety and to increase satisfaction with nursing care and health information.
Detailed description
The intervention website www.syktbarn.no is an open Norwegian online resource for parents of small children, and the site contains videos, audio clips, animations, illustrations, pictures and text materials regarding children's illnesses and normal development. In addition, the parents can use an interactive symptom checker that will help them to decide what to do and when to seek medical advice when their child is sick. The uniqueness of the website is the authentic video clips of sick children with common childhood symptoms like breathing difficulties, signs of dehydration, rash, cough and fever.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| multimedia information | Experimental | Behavioral: Multimedia informationHealth information concerning the child's diagnosis, treatment and recovery time after evaluation by the pediatrician, using a 15 minutes long standardized health information package with multimedia elements from the Norwegian website www.syktbarn.no (English version: www.childhealthguide.com) |
| verbal information | Active comparator | Behavioral: verbal informationVerbal health information by a nurse in the acute ward concerning the child's diagnosis, treatment and recovery time, after the evaluation by the pediatrician |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 10 to 105 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- parents of 0-15 years old children with breathing difficulties caused by LRTI (bronchiolitis, laryngitis or pneumonia) or asthma exacerbation
- ability to communicate and read Norwegian
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- parents of children with chronic diseases who have direct access to the acute ward, children with oxygen saturation less than 90 %, or other very sick children who need urgent treatment
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Multimedia information | Behavioural | multimedia information |
| verbal information | Behavioural | verbal information |
Primary outcome
parental anxiety
Time frame: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.
evaluated with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) (translated to Norwegian)
2 secondary outcomes
parental satisfaction with nursing care
Time frame: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.
Parental satisfaction with the health information given in the acute ward.
Time frame: 1-2 weeks after discharge from the hospital. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours, and an average stay in the children's department is 2 days.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 29 Dec 2023.
- Results publication: PubMed 23684375Botngard A, Skranes LP, Skranes J, Dollner H. Multimedia based health information to parents in a pediatric acute ward: a randomized controlled trial. Patient Educ Couns. 2013 Dec;93(3):389-93. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.04.017. Epub 2013 May 15.
- an open online resource in Norwegian for parents of small children, containing videos, audio clips, animations, illustrations, pictures and text materials regarding children's illnesses and normal developmentLink provided by the sponsor.
- an open online resource for parents of small children, containing videos, audio clips, animations, illustrations, pictures and text materials regarding children's illnesses and normal developmentLink provided by the sponsor.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jon Skranes, MD, PhD study director
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Henrik Døllner, MD, PhD principal investigator
St. Olavs Hospital
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Multimedia information and verbal information in people with Health Communication, run by Norwegian University of Science and Technology at 1 site in Norway.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 29 Dec 2023. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Norway. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
parental anxiety (time frame: at discharge from the acute ward. An average stay in the acute ward is about 5 hours.). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01659879, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 29 Dec 2023.