Virtual Care In Pediatric Asthma

Ege University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma in Children

Treatments: Other: Virtual Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05500287

IRB.E.57802

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of virtual care for children with asthma on the disease management and quality of life of children with asthma.

Full description

After children were randomized by protocol number, they completed the child information form, the quality of life scale of the child with asthma, and the asthma control test at the first interview. PEF meter and asthma diary were given at the first interview. Children in the virtual care group received online training in four modules within the first month.The virtual group provided counseling services by phone and video conference for six months. The control group received the standard care provided in the clinic. Asthma diary data were collected from both groups at the end of each month

Enrollment: 97 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• having a smartphone or tablet with internet connection, parents and patient willing to maintain a daily log of symptoms and medication use

Exclusion criteria

• Children who had mental problems, had not attended at least one of the training and did not send at least one month of their asthma diary were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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97 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Care Group

Experimental group

Description:

Children in virtual care group (VCG) were given distance asthma education for the first month. The education was given in groups of 5-6 children. Also, short videos were taken by the researcher on how to use medications and nebulizers and were shown in Zoom meetings. The education and videos were prepared by scanning the current literature and expert opinion was obtained from 2 experts in nursing education, 2 experts in pediatric nursing and a expert in the pediatric allergy field. Children and families sent asthma diaries to the researcher every 4 weeks. At the end of the first, third and sixth months, data from asthma diaries were collected via Google Forms. The Pediatric Asthma Child Quality of Life Scale score was also collected through Google Forms at the beginning and end of the sixth month. The patients received support from the researcher on case management via telephone or video call 24/7. Case management was multidisciplinary (a nurse and a specialist).

Treatment:

Other: Virtual Care

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Children and families who in the control group (CG), sent asthma diaries to the researcher every 4 weeks. At the end of the first, third and sixth months, data from asthma diaries were collected via Google Forms. The Pediatric Asthma Child Quality of Life Scale score was also collected through Google Forms at the beginning and end of the sixth month. In the CG, the education routinely given by the physician during the outpatient clinic visits continued in the same way. In the name of equality of opportunity, training presentations and videos were shared with the CG at the end of the study. Also, the training presentation was converted into a booklet (videos were added to the booklet in the form of QR codes) and delivered to the clinic in printed form.