Establishing and augmenting views on the acceptability of a paediatric critical care randomised controlled trial (the FEVER trial): a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore parent and staff views on the acceptability of a randomised controlled trial investigating temperature thresholds for antipyretic intervention in critically ill children with fever and infection (the FEVER trial) during a multi-phase pilot study.

Design

Mixed methods study with data collected at three time points: (1) before, (2) during and (3) after a pilot trial.

Setting

English, Paediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs).

Participants

(1) Pre-pilot trial focus groups with pilot site staff (n=56) and interviews with parents (n=25) whose child had been admitted to PICU in the last 3 years with a fever and suspected infection, (2) Questionnaires with parents of randomised children following pilot trial recruitment (n=48 from 47 families) and (

SUBMITTER: Deja E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7949453 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature