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NCT number NCT05947006
Other study ID # RC31/22/0484
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date July 13, 2023
Est. completion date February 13, 2025

Study information

Verified date July 2023
Source University Hospital, Toulouse
Contact Alex BRIGAND
Phone 05 34 55 84 11
Email brigand.a@chu-toulouse.fr
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Febrile seizures are considered a very common syndrome presented in the pediatric emergency room. Witnessing these seizures may can cause anxiety in parents and generate them psychological sequelae such as major depressive disorder in the short term, or sleep disorders in the long term. An appropriate care for parents must be put in place in the emergency department, with the objective of improving their knowledge of this pathology and its care, and thus to reduce their anxiety and prevent potential inappropriate or even deleterious behavior and maneuvers towards the child.


Description:

Febrile seizures occupy a large place in pediatric practice in the emergency room, their prevalence varies between 3 and 8% in children under 7 years old, hence the notion of a very common syndrome. When parents witness this event, they can experience it as terrifying, and which can alone cause anxiety and generate psychological sequelae. In the literature, it is described that a third of the parents present a major depressive disorder after the event and a third of the parents still describe sleep disorders after one year. After the arrival at the pediatric emergency room following the febrile seizure, the priority is given to the care of the child and parents are given succinct medical information. Due to parental anxiety, which may still be significant at this time, this information may not be understood. All of this can make the parent's level of knowledge about this pathology and its management low, potentially leading to future behaviors and maneuvers (such as shaking) that are inappropriate or even harmful to the child. A different course with appropriate care for parents must be put in place in the emergency department, with the objective of improving their knowledge of this pathology, its care and to reduce parent's anxiety. This is why the CONSULFE childcare consultation is proposed in this research.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 70
Est. completion date February 13, 2025
Est. primary completion date February 13, 2025
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Participant being an adult parent who attended the febrile seizure of their child aged 1 to 5, episode lasting less than 15 minutes occurring within 24 hours - Participant having signed the free and informed consent - Affiliation to a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: - Parent who already has experience of febrile seizures in one of the siblings - Parent of a child with a convulsive or neurological history - Non-French speaking parents - Parent with a diagnosed psychiatric illness - Parent benefiting from a legal protection measure - Parent participating in a study related to the management of anxiety

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Standard care
Patients in this arm will receive the standard care stablished in the emergency room after a febrile seizure, consisting of a medical assessment of the child, followed by 6 hours of supervision of the child and his parent in the waiting room, a reassessment of the child by the doctor, and finally they can return home
CONSULFE consultation
In addition to the standard care, patients in this arm will receive a consultation managed by the pediatric nurse (CONSULFE) during the 6 hour supervision time in the waiting room

Locations

Country Name City State
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Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University Hospital, Toulouse

References & Publications (7)

Balslev T. Parental reactions to a child's first febrile convulsion. A follow-up investigation. Acta Paediatr Scand. 1991 Apr;80(4):466-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11883.x. — View Citation

Klotz KA, Ozcan J, Sag Y, Schonberger J, Kaier K, Jacobs J. Anxiety of families after first unprovoked or first febrile seizure - A prospective, randomized pilot study. Epilepsy Behav. 2021 Sep;122:108120. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108120. Epub 2021 Jun 15. — View Citation

Kolahi AA, Tahmooreszadeh S. First febrile convulsions: inquiry about the knowledge, attitudes and concerns of the patients' mothers. Eur J Pediatr. 2009 Feb;168(2):167-71. doi: 10.1007/s00431-008-0724-z. Epub 2008 May 7. — View Citation

Paul SP, Rogers E, Wilkinson R, Paul B. Management of febrile convulsion in children. Emerg Nurse. 2015 May;23(2):18-25. doi: 10.7748/en.23.2.18.e1431. — View Citation

Smith DK, Sadler KP, Benedum M. Febrile Seizures: Risks, Evaluation, and Prognosis. Am Fam Physician. 2019 Apr 1;99(7):445-450. — View Citation

Tison-Chambellan C, Fine A, Cances C, Chaix Y, Claudet I. [Anthropological approach to current parental perceptions of children's seizures]. Arch Pediatr. 2013 Oct;20(10):1075-82. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2013.07.001. Epub 2013 Aug 7. French. — View Citation

Walsh A, Edwards H, Fraser J. Influences on parents' fever management: beliefs, experiences and information sources. J Clin Nurs. 2007 Dec;16(12):2331-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01890.x. Epub 2007 Apr 5. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Level of anxiety Change in the level of anxiety felt at the beginning and at the end of the visit to the emergency room by parents during standard treatment vs parents following the CONSULFE consultation. The level of anxiety is measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), with a minimum value of 20, meaning no or low anxiety, and a maximum value of 80, meaning high anxiety. Baseline and 6 hours after the intervention
Secondary Parent's level of anxiety upon arrival on the emergency room Level of anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), with a minimum value of 20, meaning no or low anxiety, and a maximum value of 80, meaning high anxiety. Baseline
Secondary Parent's socio-economic position Socio-economic position of parents measured by their level of study Baseline
Secondary Parent's level of anxiety at the departure of the emergency room Level of anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), with a minimum value of 20, meaning no or low anxiety, and a maximum value of 80, meaning high anxiety. 6 hours after the intervention
Secondary Satisfaction of parents with intervention Satisfaction with the intervention will be measured using a satisfaction questionnaire with values between 1 and 4, 1 meaning completely satisfied, and 4 meaning not satisfied 6 hours after the intervention
Secondary Long term parent's level of anxiety Level of anxiety measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), with a minimum value of 20, meaning no or low anxiety, and a maximum value of 80, meaning high anxiety. 1 month after the intervention
Secondary Long term parent's level of post-traumatic stress Post-traumatic stress (PTSD) measured by the IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE-Revised (IES-R), with a minimum value of 0, meaning no PTSD, and a maximum value of 88, meaning PTSD is high enough to suppress your immune system's functioning 1 month after the intervention
Secondary Cost of the intervention The costs will be estimated according to two perspectives : from the hospital point of view (time spent by the childcare nurse), and from the health insurance point of view (number of consultations and visits to the emergency room) 1 month after the intervention
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