Prevention of passive smoking exposure in children with a high risk of asthma.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- passive smoke exposure, environmental tobacco smoke, asthma, parents stopping passive smoke exposure, children
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON22062
- Lead Sponsor
- Maastricht Univrsity Medical Center - School for Public Health and Primary Care (CPAHRI)
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 0-13 years with passive smoke exposure at home and high risk of asthma (asthma in the first degree).
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children who are currently smoking themselves;
2. Parents already receiving professional help for smoking cessation;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome measure is the percentage of families with passive smoking cessation in children (measured via urine cotinine levels of the children and parental self-reports). Stopping passive smoking exposure at home is defined as the cessation of passive smoke exposure to children for at least 6 months after quit date. This can be achieved by parents smoking outside the house, by stopping active smoking or less ideal, smoking in a room where the child does not come.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome measures are respiratory complaints and infections, nicotine levels at home, quality of life and lung function of the children.