Effectiveness of personalized written asthma action plans in the management of children with partly controlled asthma in Trinidad: A randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- AsthmaRespiratory
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN53955042
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of the West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Current inclusion criteria as of 20/05/2013:
1. Children with partly controlled asthma with a history of presenting to the Emergency Room (ER) or Paediatric clinic for acute treatment of bronchospasm in the preceding six months
2. Ability of the child and/or parent to follow written directions.
Previous inclusion criteria until 20/05/2013:
1. Children with more than one admission to the ER for acute asthma care in the preceding six months
2. Children and/or the parents able to follow written directions
3. Children aged 1 - 16 years, either sex
Current exclusion criteria as of 20/05/2013:
1. Uncontrolled asthmatics
2. Inability of child and/or parent to follow written directions
3. Presence of co-morbid respiratory illness
4. Children or parents already in possession of written/verbal plans or other asthma education material
5. Children who sought care outside of the Chaguanas paediatric outpatient clinic or Emergency Room department and
6. Previous enrolment in an asthma educational programme/study.
Previous exclusion criteria until 20/05/2013:
1. Uncontrolled asthmatics
2. Inability of the child and/or parent to follow written directions
3. Presence of co-morbid respiratory illness
4. Previous enrolment in an asthma educational program/study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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