Views on the take home diary
Although parents/carers reported the diary was easy to fill out, few were completed and the diary was considered impractical by parents/carers and ROs. Several parents/carers declined to take it home. Particular barriers were competing priorities, and the tedium of completing it when symptoms had resolved.
Both parents/carers and ROs expressed concerns about the diary’s accuracy. Some children had multiple carers or attended childcare and so different people completed the diary, often at varying times. ROs noted that some parents/carers did not fill out the diary every day as instructed but appeared to have done it when they returned it at day 7.
