The Role of Asthma Training in Childhood with Consideration of the Influencing Factors Health Literacy, Specific Understanding of the Disease, and Socioeconomic Status.

The Role of Asthma Training in Childhood with Consideration of the Influencing Factors Health Literacy, Specific Understanding of the Disease, and Socioeconomic Status. - Asthma Schooling Study Group

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00032423

Enrollment

200

Registered

2023-08-04

Start date

2023-09-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J45.0 J45 J45.1 J45.8 J45.9

Interventions

Group 1: Interventional group (receives an asthma training) Group 2: Control group (receives a medical discussion during polyclincs at the hospital and will thus not particpate in asthma training)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

7 Years to 14 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients (age range: = 7 bis < 14 years) with a diagnosed asthma and the presence of informed consent and sufficient language skills (oral/written)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Absence of informed consent Absence of inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Firstly, the influence of asthma training on the development of health literacy, specific understanding of the disease, and the course of the illness in children aged between 8 and 12 years will be investigated. Specific hypotheses/outcomes: 1) Does an asthma training lead to improved health literacy in children with asthma? 2) Does an asthma training result in improved specific understanding of the disease in asthmatic children? 3) Does improved health literacy lead to improved specific understanding of the disease in asthmatic children with asthma? 4) Do improvements in health literacy and specific understanding of the disease lead to a milder symptom progression in children with asthma? 5) Do improvements in health literacy and specific understanding of the disease lead to fewer emergency visits in children with asthma?	—

Measure

Time frame

Firstly, the influence of asthma training on the development of health literacy, specific understanding of the disease, and the course of the illness in children aged between 8 and 12 years will be investigated. Specific hypotheses/outcomes: 1) Does an asthma training lead to improved health literacy in children with asthma? 2) Does an asthma training result in improved specific understanding of the disease in asthmatic children? 3) Does improved health literacy lead to improved specific understanding of the disease in asthmatic children with asthma? 4) Do improvements in health literacy and specific understanding of the disease lead to a milder symptom progression in children with asthma? 5) Do improvements in health literacy and specific understanding of the disease lead to fewer emergency visits in children with asthma?

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondly, the influence of socio-economic status regarding the benefits of asthma training in childhood and adolescence will be examined further. Specific questions/outcome: 1) Does the socioeconomic status have an influence on the retention rate of information and disease understanding in children after asthma training and medical discussion? 2) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status have a poorer retention rate after asthma training and medical discussions? 3) Do asthma training programs improve the retention rate of disease-specific information in children with a lower socioeconomic status? 4) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status benefit from asthma training resulting in fewer exacerbations compared to children without asthma training? 5) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status suffer from exacerbations more frequently than children with a higher socioeconomic status?	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondly, the influence of socio-economic status regarding the benefits of asthma training in childhood and adolescence will be examined further. Specific questions/outcome: 1) Does the socioeconomic status have an influence on the retention rate of information and disease understanding in children after asthma training and medical discussion? 2) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status have a poorer retention rate after asthma training and medical discussions? 3) Do asthma training programs improve the retention rate of disease-specific information in children with a lower socioeconomic status? 4) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status benefit from asthma training resulting in fewer exacerbations compared to children without asthma training? 5) Do children with a lower socioeconomic status suffer from exacerbations more frequently than children with a higher socioeconomic status?

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactClaudia Kiessling

Universität Witten/Herdecke

claudia.kiessling@uni-wh.de+49230292678607

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026