Breathe Easier Online: Engaging and re-connecting 'at-risk' children with chronic respiratory illness.

Engaging and re-connecting 'at-risk' children with chronic respiratory illness

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12607000515493

Enrollment

Registered

2007-10-09

Start date

2007-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Children with chronic illness sometimes feel disconnected and lonely. In this study we will evaluate the use of a psycho-social intervention program for 'at-risk' children (ie. child with chronic illness, low socio-economic groups) to improve their sense of well-being, adherence to therapies and health outcomes.

Interventions

Randomised to either a weekly 30 minute individual online contact with a psychologist group or a control wait-list group for 9 months and follow up data collection at 12 months.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 15 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children aged between 10-15years of age with chronic respiratory illness who belong to the 'at-risk' group ie single parent families,low socioeconomic class parent with a mental illnes.

Exclusion criteria

Children without chronic respiratory illness, those not 'at-risk' and children outside the age bracket.

Outcome results