Self-management Intervention to Improve Adolescents' Asthma Control (MAIS)

Queen Mary University of London

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: My Asthma in School

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03536416

MGU0400

Details and patient eligibility

About

Approximately 1.1 million children and young people in the United Kingdom (UK) are living with asthma, making it the most common chronic disease in children in the UK. Our recent observational study found that poor asthma control, poor medication adherence, and a poor understanding of asthma were key unmet needs of secondary school children. Following the findings from an earlier study, the investigators have developed a preliminary theory-based multi-faceted intervention, aimed at improving asthma self-management and control in young people.

Full description

The investigators have developed a theory-driven self-management intervention for children and young people which addresses the barriers to successful self-management, which were identified in an earlier study. The intervention will engage asthmatic teenagers and their peers, and will be delivered in two components. The first component includes a theatre workshop for all children aged 11-13 years in London secondary schools. The aim of this component is to raise awareness of asthma in schools among peers. The second component is a series of four self-management workshops for children with asthma. The aim of this component is to teach children about asthma, using interactive role plays and games. The main topics will include asthma general knowledge and understanding; General Practitioner (GP) communication; asthma triggers and symptoms; medication and emergency response; and self-management techniques and goal setting. The children will also receive a toolkit to take home with them, which will include a copy of the workbook that they have used during the day, containing information on what they have learnt. There will also be information on where they can get more help for their asthma. The toolkit will also include information about a smartphone gaming app, which will be about asthma knowledge.

Enrollment: 330 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Doctor-diagnosed asthma
• Aged 11-14 years (UK school years 7-8)
• Attending the secondary school in which the study is implemented
• All children in years 7 and 8 in UK secondary schools are eligible to watch the theatre performance

Exclusion criteria

• No diagnosis of asthma
• Not aged 11-14 years (UK school years 7-8)
• Not attending the school at the time the intervention is delivered

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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330 participants in 3 patient groups

Asthma workshop and theatre group

Experimental group

Description:

My Asthma in School. This group will receive the self-management workshops for asthmatic children and the theatre performance for the whole year group.

Treatment:

Behavioral: My Asthma in School

Theatre only group

Active Comparator group

Description:

My Asthma in School. This group will receive the theatre performance only.

Treatment:

Behavioral: My Asthma in School

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

My Asthma in School. The control group will receive usual care for the duration of the intervention.