COmpliance Objectively measured in a Multicultural Population of children Living In Amsterdam Needing inhaled Corticosteroids for Effective asthmatreatment. (COMPLIANCE)
Completed
- Conditions
- asthmabronchopulmonary hyperreactivity1004630410024450
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON32079
- Lead Sponsor
- Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 225
Inclusion Criteria
- Patient attending the pediatric outpatient department of the St. Lucas Andreas hospital or the Academic Medical Centre.
- Patient has been treated with fluticason for at least 3 months using a pressurized metered-dose inhaler.
- Maximum age: 11 years old.
- Dutch, Moroccan, Turkish ethnicity.
Exclusion Criteria
- Patient refuses to participate in the study.
- Patient is not capable of using the equipment for electronic measurement of compliance correctly#.;#These patient are requested to participate in the interview. In addition, patient characteristics are collected to investigate whether these patients differ from the ones that are capable of using the RTMEMS-equipment.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Electronically measured compliance is the primary outcome measure; the<br /><br>influence of the determinants on compliance will be analysed. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>As a secondary outcome measure the accuracy of the information on compliance<br /><br>from the questionnaire will be compared to the RTMEMS.</p><br>