EEPRIS Study

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Evaluation of Enhanced Paediatric Respiratory Infection Surveillance: Community-based feasibility cohort study.

• IRAS ID

  180097

• Contact name

  Birgit Whitman

• Contact email

  Research-governance@bristol.ac.uk

• Duration of Study in the UK

  1 years, 2 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  We are interested in respiratory tract infections (coughs, colds, sore throats, chest infections and ear infections) that most children develop over the winter. We know a good deal from previous research into these infections in children who are taken to the doctor. We know far less about how these symptoms develop out in the community (especially in children who do not go to the doctor with their symptoms).

  We want to collect information about the symptoms of these illnesses and how long they last. We also want to try to identify the actual viruses and bacteria associated with the illnesses by looking at nasal and saliva swabs taken from the children when they are ill, and comparing these with swabs taken when they are well.

  One main point of doing this work is to see if it would be possible to roll this out on a bigger scale to feed the information on illnesses going around in the community into an online resource. This type of ‘real-time’ illness information could help parents and GPs know what common bugs are going round in the area and how best to manage them – with a special interest in:
  - helping parents know whether to take their child to the doctor, and
  - helping GPs give antibiotics only to children who really need them

• REC name

  South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  15/SW/0264

• Date of REC Opinion

  18 Sep 2015

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion