asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Randomisation:
• Group A: Children with moderate asthma, after confirmation of the diagnosis
and after aplication of the inclusion criteria obtaining usual care by their GP.
• Group B: Children wit
Sponsors
Amphia Ziekenhuis
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children aged 6-16 years Children with moderate asthma as defined by the guidelines of the dutch pediatric respiratory society of the dutch association for pediatrics and/or children whose general practitioner indicates the use of inhaled corticosteroids as defined by the guidelines of the dutch GP association. Children from general practice as well as pediatric practice can be recuted.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children who should be referred to a pediatrician for severe astma, to the judgement of the GP and whose treatment should be continued in pediatric practice Children unable to perform standard lungfunction testing. Children with other chronic diseaese requiring specialistic treatment by a pediatrician.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Airway Hyperresponsiveness. (PD20 methacholine) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lungfunction variabels; • FEV1 before & after beta-2-agonists • NO in expired air Patientorieted variabels & health-economics: • *Asthma Control Questionaires* plus added quastions (unplanned visits, course of prednison, admission,schoolabsence, workabsence parents) • Quality of Life Questionnaire. • Extra referal of *Nurse Practitioner* to pediatrician. • Extra referal of GP to pediatrician • Number of consultations in groups A, B & C. • Medication in de groups A,B & C. Variabels concerning disease awareness.. • Knowledge of asthma. • Smoking pattern parents. • Smoking pattern( teenage) patient. • Peds. • Aplication house dust mite isolating matras covers . • Quality of care children's version. • Quality of care paternt's version. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed