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Background and study aims This study is exploring whether it is possible to implement a web-based intervention for improving treatment for children with severe cough and respiratory tract infection. While most respiratory infections resolve themselves without treatment, a very small number of children require hospital care (e.g. for pneumonia and bronchiolitis). In consultations it is often difficult to establish which children will develop serious complications. The CHICO intervention will use the child's unique state of being (during the consultation) to provide individualised information for both doctors and carers to reduce this uncertainty. Who can participate? GPs and prescribing nurses recruit children who are aged between 3 months and 12 years coming in with cough and respiratory infection. What does the study involve? The clinician asks the parent/carer and child several questions about the child's cough during the consultation. The parent/carer is asked to respond to some questions about their child's illness and their interaction with health services once a week for up to 8 weeks or until their cough has gone. They have the option to complete the follow-up online or by phone and on paper. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? The parent/carer will be helping us understand what information is given to them about their child's cough and how to care for their child at home. Disadvantages may be that the weekly phone call and home questionnaire, or the online questionnaire, will take a few minutes to answer. Where is the study run from? The study is run from the following Clinical Commissioning Groups in the UK: Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire. When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? July 2014 to April 2015 Who is funding the study? National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK) Who is the main contact? Miss Sophie Turnbull [email protected]
Inclusion criteria
- Topic: Children, Primary Care; Subtopic: All Diagnoses, Not Assigned; Disease: All Diseases, All Diseases