Video Tutorials to Empower Caregivers of Ill Children and Reduce Health Care Utilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Young children often fall ill, leading to concern among their caregivers and urgent contact with health care services.

Objective

To assess the effectiveness and safety of video tutorials to empower caregivers in caring for acutely ill children.

Design, setting, and participants

Caregivers calling the out-of-hours Medical Helpline 1813 (MH1813), Emergency Medical Services Capital Region, Denmark, and their children aged 0.5 to 11.9 years were randomized to video tutorials (intervention) or telephone triage by a nurse or physician (control) from October 2020 to December 2021 and followed up for 72 hours blinded to the intervention. Data were analyzed from March to July 2022.

Intervention

The intervention group had the call disconnected before telephone

SUBMITTER: Borch-Johnsen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570874 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature