Fever XXXX : a comparison survey between caregivers in the inpatient ward and caregivers at the outpatient department in a @entity1 's hospital in China.

@entity1 @entity75 @entity913 @entity117 @entity2319 @entity221
BACKGROUND: Fever in @entity1 is one of the most common clinical symptoms and a chief complaint and a main reason that caregivers took the @entity1 to the outpatient service or admitted to hospital. Studies have found that the majority of parents surveyed at a hospital pediatric clinic held unrealistic and unwarranted concerns about fevers, first termed as ' @entity221 @entity913 ' by Schmitt in 1980. In the present study, we explore whether ' @entity221 @entity913 ' exists in Chinese caregivers and investigate whether such @entity913 is alleviated when admitted to hospital after propaganda of @entity221 related knowledge by doctors and nurses. METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to caregivers of @entity1 who visited the pediatric outpatient department and those with caregivers in the wards between June 2012 and Feb 2013 in Wenzhou, China. RESULTS: Data were obtained from 621 caregivers, 305(49  %) from the OPD and 316(51  %) from the ward. Most caregivers of the two groups (OPD vs. ward group, 75.1 vs. 74.4  %) believed @entity221 could cause @entity75 . 77.7  % (76.0 vs. 81.3  %) caregivers were very worried when their @entity1 had @entity221 and 12.8  % (14.1 vs. 11.4  %) caregivers would check the temperature within 30  min. Moreover, 68.0  % (63.0 vs. 72.8  %, P   <   0.05) caregivers would give their children antipyretics during sleep and 39.9  % (40.3 vs. 39.6  %) would administrate antipyretics when temperature was above 38    C. After admitted to hospital, 83.9  % caregivers stated to have received education about @entity221 and 96.5  % felt relieved. Less caregivers (ward group vs. OPD, 42.4 vs. 46.9  %, P   <   0.05) from ward group would give antipyretics with a temperature under 38.5    C and less (0.6 vs. 4.9  %, P   <   0.05) preferred cold sponging as physical cooling method compared to the OPD caregivers. Alarmingly, more caregivers (42.7 vs. 34.3  %, P   <   0.05) in the ward group believed @entity221 could lead to death or/and @entity2319 (17.4 vs. 10.5  %, P   <   0.05) and even 0.6  % caregivers in the ward group chose @entity117 when the @entity1 had @entity221 . CONCLUSION: 'Fever @entity913 ' also exists in Chinese caregivers. Fever related knowledge propaganda after admitted to hospital did not work effectively to improve the caregivers' understanding and management of @entity221 and an effective way to alleviate 'Fever @entity913 '.
