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## Objective To establish, in children aged from 3 months to less than 13 years with a febrile illness, caregiver medication usage patterns and drivers. Secondary objectives assessed caregiver knowledge and concern about fever. ## Methodology This was a prospective, observational study of a convenience sample of 147 children presenting to a tertiary Paediatric Emergency Department, where the caregivers reported a concern of fever within the preceding 48 h. A paper‐based survey was completed by the caregivers, and the results analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively. ## Results Caregivers of 92.4% had administered medication for fever in the 48 h prior to presentation. Dual therapy of paracetamol and ibuprofen was used by 45.8%, with paracetamol used more frequently as monotherapy (35.4%). Almost one‐third of caregivers woke their child to administer medication. Just over one‐third of respondents stated that a temperature of less than 38.0°C is a fever. The majority of caregivers (67.6%) said that fever is bad for their child, with 97.9% being concerned by fever. Almost half the children (46.8%) were given medication purely to treat the degree of the temperature. General pract

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Author

Bethany Kloeden; Doris Tham; Ed Oakley; John Cheek

Publisher

Wiley

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)