Effect of Practical Demonstration to Use Nasal Spray and Apply Intranasal Ointment on Epistaxis

Combined Military Hospital, Pakistan300 enrolled

Overview

To compare the result of verbally educating the parents about method of intranasal antiseptic cream application versus practically educating and demonstrating how to apply cream intra nasally.

The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visits

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

300

Conditions

Epistaxis

Interventions

Health education with practical demonstration of nasal ointmentPROCEDURE

Health education with practical demonstration of medicine was compared to health education without practical demonstration

Health Education and practical demonstration of Nasal spray and intranasal ointmentDRUG

We compared the effect of Health education and practical demonstration for using nasal spray and apply intranasal ointment compared to health education without practical demonstration

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearMax age: 12 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * The children of age less than 12 years presenting with anterior recurrent epistaxis Exclusion Criteria: * o Children with bleeding disorders. * Children with liver and renal failure/dysfunction. * Children using anti-coagulants. * Those children who have gross deviated nasal septum or nasal polys etc. * Cases who had history of nasal injuries secondary to trauma.

Locations (1)

CMH Mradan

Mardan, KPK, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

number of epistaxis episodes

Success rate was measured on number of epistaxis episodes after treatment. The primary outcome variables was control of epistaxis through history and clinical examination on follow up visit

Time frame: 0ne month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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