Asthma in Children
Conditions
Keywords
Virtual Care
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of virtual care for children with asthma on the disease management and quality of life of children with asthma.
Detailed description
After children were randomized by protocol number, they completed the child information form, the quality of life scale of the child with asthma, and the asthma control test at the first interview. PEF meter and asthma diary were given at the first interview. Children in the virtual care group received online training in four modules within the first month.The virtual group provided counseling services by phone and video conference for six months. The control group received the standard care provided in the clinic. Asthma diary data were collected from both groups at the end of each month
Interventions
OTHERVirtual Care
Children in the virtual care group had distance asthma education, case management and virtual care
Sponsors
Ege University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Randomized Controlled Trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* having a smartphone or tablet with internet connection, parents and patient willing to maintain a daily log of symptoms and medication use
Exclusion criteria
* Children who had mental problems, had not attended at least one of the training and did not send at least one month of their asthma diary were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in symptom number | first, third and the sixth month | The children were given a asthma diary to track their daily symptom of asthma. Asthma diary includes symptoms of wheezing, cough, activity limitation, sleep disturbance and response fo the use of rescue medication. The diary includes also peakflow meter values for two times per day. A sympyom day means any day for which child recorded any symptom, or reported the use of rescue medication. Children and families kept an asthma diary throughout the study and sent it to the researcher every 4 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change from baseline in quality of life | Baseline and sixth month | The Pediatric Asthma Child Quality of Life Scale score was collected through internet |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed