Adolescent, Nursing Care, Asthma in Children, Self Efficacy
Conditions
Keywords
Asthma Control, Nursing care, Mobile Health, Self-Efficacy, Randomized Controlled Trial, Adolescent
Brief summary
Mobile health applications (mHealth apps) are an opportunity offered by developing technology which in widely used among youths. The evidence regarding mHealth apps suggests that the apps can be safer and more feasible if are developed by healthcare team. Healthcare professionals have a major role to play in developing mHealth apps of good interventions.
Detailed description
This study aims at developing the mHealth application (YoungAsthma) and evaluating the effectiveness of YoungAsthma app on the mean score of the asthma control test and self-efficacy scale in adolescents with asthma. This study is a self-efficacy theory-based, 4-week, randomized parallel group study. Participants will be randomized to either the intervention or control group in a 1:1 ratio. Adolescents will be randomly allocated to intervention (YoungAsthma which is a user-focused mHealth app) or control group (Usual care). The study protocol is conducted in accord with the Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT 2013 Statement) (Chan et al., 2013), the RCT is perform by the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) (Moher et al., 2010) and the mHealth app is identified according to the mERA guideline (Agarwal et al., 2016).
Interventions
YoungAsthma is a web-based mobile health app has been developing user-focused for adolescents with asthma and evidence-based by the research team. It is the integrated version of the knowledge content to software that enables effective management of asthma by strengthening the interaction between adolescents and healthcare professionals.
OTHERUsual Care
Adolescents in the control group, an asthma training covering also individualized specific conditions is provided by specialist training nurse for 15-30 minutes in the nursing room of the outpatient clinic for all children. In this nursing intervention that is only one-off and consist face-to-face training with adolescents video and visual materials included in the routine of the outpatient clinic for the use of devices and drugs are used.
Sponsors
Akdeniz University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
A self-efficacy theory based, randomized, 4-week, parallel group study
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Having ability to speak, read and write Turkish at a sufficient level, * Having a diagnosis of asthma for at least a year, * Having an asthma control test score of 19 or below, * Having ability to use mobile devices, * Having a mobile device with an internet connection to login to the mHealth App.
Exclusion criteria
* Having an internet access problem, * Having a psychiatric medical diagnosis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Self-Efficacy | Assessment of change of the self-efficacy from baseline to 4 weeks will be done. | Self-efficacy will be evaluated by Asthmatic Child and Adolescent Self-Efficacy Scale (ACASES) (Schlösser & Havermans, 1992). |
| Asthma Control | Assessment of change of the asthma control from baseline to 4 weeks will be done. | Asthma control will be evaluated by the Asthma Control Test (ACT) (Liu et al., 2007). |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed