Respiratory Paediatrics Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Targeted Health Education
Routine Care
Sponsors
Justus Maingi Simba (Individual)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ¿ Children aged between 6-11years and having a parent/caretakers ¿ Meeting criteria for diagnosis of asthma using ISAAC screening questionnaire ¿ Parental/caretakers consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ¿ Children who are unstable or very sick (requiring urgent resuscitation measures such as oxygen, urgent rehydration, anticonvulsants) and succumb to illness within 24 hours of screening. ¿ Children with serious chronic comorbidities,for example, Chronic Heart Failure. ¿ Children who will not be in western Kenya for the next 6months after recruitment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| This shall be the level of asthma control. It shall be measured as the proportion with either good or poor control in the intervention and control arms. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome measures shall be from the baseline study and shall include factors associated with asthma control, knowledge gaps on childhood asthma as well as coming up with educational tool. | — |
Countries
Kenya
Contacts
Public ContactJustus Maingi Simba
PhD Candidate, JKUAt & Lecturer, Child Health & Paediatrics, JKUAT
Outcome results
None listed