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discharge emergency department ed pain management challenges parents shown undertreat childrens pain goal evaluate effectiveness fiveminute instructional video parents pain treatment home setting address common misconceptions home pediatric pain management conducted randomized singleblinded clinical trial parents children ages 118 years presented painful condition evaluated discharged home large tertiary care pediatric ed parents randomized pain management intervention video injury prevention control video primary outcome proportion parents gave child pain medication home discharge data recorded home pain diary analyzed using chi square test determine significant difference parents knowledge components athome pain treatment tested immediately following two days intervention used mcnemars test statistic compare incorrect pretestcorrect posttest answers intervention control groups total 100 parents enrolled 59 parents watched pain education video 41 control video overall 75 parents completed followup providing information home medication use significantly parents provided pain medication children watching educational video 96 vs 80 difference 16 95 ci 78313 significantly parents correct pain treatment knowledge immediately following educational video pain scores p 004 positive effects analgesics p 001 pain medication misconceptions p 002 differences knowledge remained two days video intervention fiveminute educational video home pain treatment viewed parents ed prior discharge significantly increased proportion children receiving pain medication home well parents knowledge athome pain management