Impact of Nurse-led Intervention on Asthma Control in Children

Dow University of Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma in Children

Treatments: Other: Nursing Educational Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05855512

12/2017/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

This randomized control trial design (RCT) study was conducted on children aged 6 -11 years

Full description

This randomized control trial design study was conducted on children aged 6 -11 years, visiting the pediatric outpatient department and emergency at Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi.

For the experimental group, a nursing educational intervention session was conducted with the patient and family/caregiver by the principal investigator, and a doctor provided the usual care/treatment. In contrast, the control group received only the usual care/treatment provided by the doctor.

For the control group, educational material on asthma was provided in a booklet according to Global Initiative of Asthma (GINA) guidelines. Pre Childhood-Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) score of participants was measured before the intervention, and post-C-ACT score measurement was made after one month using the same questionnaires and C-ACT tool.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between the aged 6 to 11 years
• Have asthma diagnosed by a physician at least 6-month back
• Uncontrolled asthma based on C-ACT score 19 or less 19.

Exclusion criteria

• Chronic respiratory illnesses like T.B. cystitis and fibrosis.
• Sinusitis,
• Gastrointestinal reflux disease,
• Rhinitis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Controlled group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention was given, only the material was provided in the form of a booklet

Interventional Group

Experimental group

Description:

The nursing educational intervention sessions were conducted, and the material was provided in the form of a booklet

Treatment:

Other: Nursing Educational Intervention