The Effect of Education Given to Children With Asthma (RCT)

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: Asthma education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06742320

2024/10-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of asthma education on asthma knowledge, control and quality of life of school-aged children (7-11 years old) diagnosed with asthma and followed up in the outpatient clinic.

Full description

Asthma is among the most common chronic diseases in childhood. Besides being one of the most common diseases, it is a preventable and controllable disease.In a study analyzing asthma data of children aged 0-17 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of asthma was 8.7% in 2001, this rate increased to 9.4% in 2010, and decreased to 8.3% in 2016. In the same study, the prevalence of asthma was found to be 9.2% in boys and 7.4% in girls.Asthma is also the leading cause of school absences in children ages 5 to 17, accounting for more than 14 million days of absence from school in 2013.These adverse effects of asthma can be minimized with appropriate education.Studies have found an increase in the quality of life of asthmatic students after asthma education, a decrease in asthma exacerbations, school absences, parental workday loss and medical expenses, and an increase in adherence to treatment, asthma knowledge and correct inhaler use.These findings suggest that asthma management interventions increase children's knowledge about their disease and their self-management skills.Based on this need, the aim of this study is to examine the effects of asthma education given to school-aged children (7-11 years old) diagnosed with asthma and followed up in the outpatient clinic on their asthma knowledge, control and quality of life.

Enrollment: 72 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 7-11,
• Medically diagnosed with asthma and being followed up in the outpatient clinic
• Family and child agreeing to participate in the study
• Ability to use a smartphone, computer or tablet
• Having internet access
• Children who can read and understand Turkish

Exclusion criteria

• Children who do not have a medical diagnosis of asthma
• Children who do not agree to participate in the study and their parents
• Children who do not complete the training and tests

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Education Group

Experimental group

Description:

Pre-test forms were applied to the children in the training group face to face by the researchers in the outpatient clinic. Children assigned to the training group received asthma education in a single session, 3 modules/each module lasting at least 15 minutes. Post-test forms were administered immediately after the training.The 2nd and 3rd follow-up tests will be administered online via Google Form in the 1st and 3rd months after the training is completed.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Asthma education

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Pre-test forms will be applied to the control group face-to-face by researchers in the outpatient clinic.In the control group, follow-up tests (three weeks, 1 month and 3 months after the pre-tests) will be administered online via Google Form.