Maternal Variables Associated With Adherence in Children With Asthma

Reasons for Poor Adherence for Long-Term Preventing Therapy in Children With Asthma

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00688792

Acronym

asthma

Enrollment

100

Registered

2008-06-03

Start date

2008-07-31

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2008-06-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Asthma, Children, Adherence, Maternal factors

Brief summary

A questionnaire will be used in order to find out the reasons for poor adherence for long-term treatment in children with asthma. The hypotheses is maternal factors including the knowledge that asthma is a chronic disease and fear to administer inhaled steroids are major obstacles for appropriate adherence.

Detailed description

Parents to children aged 2 - 12 years with moderate to severe asthma who need long-term treatment with inhaled steroids will be included in the study. Three weeks after their visit in the clinic, they will be requested to answer a questionnaire by telephone.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Parents to children aged 2 - 12 years with moderate to severe asthma to whom inhaled steroids was described for a period of at least 4 weeks.

Exclusion criteria

* Parents who will not agree to sign the consent form and parents who do not speak and understand the Hebrew language.

Countries

Israel

Contacts

Primary ContactDan Engelhard, MD

engelhard@hadassah.org.il972-2-677-8960

Outcome results