Fever Education Given to Parents of Children Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever

Introductory Information Form

This form was prepared by the researcher in line with the literature. This form consists of three sections. The parent sociodemographic form, the child sociodemographic form and the form, which includes questions on parental fever-related knowledge and practices, consists of a total of 35 questions.

State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI)

The scale was developed by Spielber and others in 1964 to determine anxiety levels. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was carried out by Öner and Le Compte in 1985. The scale provides information about what is felt at that moment and consists of 20 items in Likert type, scored from 1 to 4. 1 is not at all, 2 is a little, 3 is very much and 4 is completely agree, and the individual marks one of these. A value of 1 indicates high anxiety, while a value of 4 indicates low anxiety. Items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, and 20 in the SAI are reversed. When calculating the scale score, the total score of the reversed items is subtracted from the total of the correct statements and a fixed score of 50 is added to this number. The total score obtained from the scale varies between 20 and 80. As the score increases, it indicates that anxiety is high, and as the score decreases, it indicates that anxiety decreases.

Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR)

The scale was developed by Walsh and Edwards in 2008 to assess parents' fever management practices. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was conducted by Cınar et al. in 2013. The scale consists of 8 items and is a Likert-type scale with items rated as "(1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) often, (5) always". The lowest possible score for the scale is 8 and the highest is 40. A higher score indicates more fever management practices, and a lower score indicates less fever management practices. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.75.

State/Trait Anxiety Inventory (SAI)

The scale was developed by Spielber and others in 1964 to determine anxiety levels. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was carried out by Öner and Le Compte in 1985. The scale provides information about what is felt at that moment and consists of 20 items on a Likert-type scale scored from 1 to 4. 1 is not at all, 2 is a little, 3 is very much, and 4 is completely agree, and the individual marks one of these. A value of 1 indicates high anxiety, while a value of 4 indicates low anxiety. Items 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, and 20 on the SAI are reversed. When calculating the scale score, the total score of the reversed items is subtracted from the total of the correct statements and a fixed score of 50 is added to this number. The total score obtained from the scale varies between 20 and 80. As the score increases, it indicates that anxiety is high, and as the score decreases, it indicates that anxiety decreases.

Visual Analog Scale (VAS) - Satisfaction Scale for Fire Education Application

The scale was developed by Hayes and Patterson in 1921 and is a scale used to measure some expressions with numbers. Two expressions to be evaluated on a straight line are at two extreme points. The line contains numbers from 1 to 10. The participant is asked to mark the point that describes his/her own situation. It was planned to measure satisfaction with the fire education application by taking the Visual Analog Scale as an example. I am not satisfied at one end of the line, and I am very satisfied at the other end, and the parent will be asked to evaluate his/her situation.

Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR)

The scale was developed by Walsh and Edwards in 2008 to assess what parents do in fever management. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was carried out by Cınar et al. in 2013. The scale consists of 8 items and is a Likert-type scale where the items are graded as "(1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) often, (5) always". The lowest possible score for the scale is 8 and the highest is 40. A higher score indicates that more fever management practices are being implemented, and a lower score indicates that fewer fever management practices are being implemented. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.75.

Parental Fever Management Scale-Turkish Version (PFMS-TR)

The scale was developed by Walsh and Edwards in 2008 to assess what parents do in fever management. The Turkish validity and reliability of the scale was carried out by Cınar et al. in 2013. The scale consists of 8 items and is a Likert-type scale where the items are graded as "(1) never, (2) rarely, (3) sometimes, (4) often, (5) always". The lowest possible score for the scale is 8 and the highest is 40. A higher score indicates that more fever management practices are being implemented, and a lower score indicates that fewer fever management practices are being implemented. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale is 0.75.