Pediatric asthma Respiratory Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Children were randomly assigned to one of the three follow up arm and at baseline, one year & two year a variety of outcome measures were collected.
1. Management by general practitioner
2. Manageme
Sponsors
Amphia Hospital (Netherlands)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Children 6-16 years 2. Moderate asthma as defined by the guideline of the dutch pediatric pulmonologists or diagnosed as asthma by their general practioner (GP) and on prophylactic treatment with inhaled corticosteroid (ICS)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Serious, poorly controlled asthma requiring step intravenous (IV) treatment according to the action plan in the guideline
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Airway hyper responsiveness 2. PD20 methacholine Measured at baseline, one year & two year | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) before and after bronchus dilatation with beta-2-agonist 2. Exhaled nitric oxide (NO) 3. Asthma Control Questionaire 4. Health economics 5. Prescribed medication 6. Quality of Care assessment by completing the QUOTE-CNSLD instrument by parents 7. Completion of Likert scale by the children | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed