Maternal Variables Associated With Adherence in Children With Asthma (asthma)

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Asthma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00688792

asthma1-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

A questionnaire will be used in order to find out the reasons for poor adherence for long-term treatment in children with asthma. The hypotheses is maternal factors including the knowledge that asthma is a chronic disease and fear to administer inhaled steroids are major obstacles for appropriate adherence.

Full description

Parents to children aged 2 - 12 years with moderate to severe asthma who need long-term treatment with inhaled steroids will be included in the study. Three weeks after their visit in the clinic, they will be requested to answer a questionnaire by telephone.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parents to children aged 2 - 12 years with moderate to severe asthma to whom inhaled steroids was described for a period of at least 4 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

• Parents who will not agree to sign the consent form and parents who do not speak and understand the Hebrew language.