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Study aim
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Determining the effect of a fathers education-support program for fathers on outcomes of hospitalized pediatrics with pneumonia including nutritional behavior, children's sleep and maternal stress
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Design
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A clinical trial with the control group, single-blind, randomized, On 40 sick pediatric. Random allocation software (RAS) will be used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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Research environment of Imam Hossein Children's Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences.During the 4 days (twice a day) before communicating with the child, the father will be contacted through video and social networks and will be given the necessary training and support such as sleep hygiene and nutrition training and proper communication with mothers.The fathers will then participate in the video call will implement the lessons learned.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry requirements: Age of the child 12 to 36 months, hospitalization with a diagnosis of pneumonia, not receiving specific medication for insomnia, oral nutrition, ability of parents to use video calling, consent of the child's family to participate in the study, lack of Mood disorder in the mother, presence of the father
No entry conditions:Inability of the father to study educational program, If communication device is not available (video call), Change the diagnosis of the child's disease
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Intervention groups
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Education and support for fathers with hospitalized children and their mother as the patient's primary caregiver. The fathers will do the seen educations by making a video communication with the video call for their child.
control group:Will receive routine care. Questionnaires will be completed at the time of admission and 7 days after admission.
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Main outcome variables
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The effect of fathers on improving nutritional performance and sleep quality of children and mothers' stress levels