Electronic Monitoring Combined With Weekly Feedback and Reminders
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Registration Number
- NCT03277664
- Lead Sponsor
- Shanghai Children's Medical Center
- Brief Summary
A total of 96 recruited children (aged 6 months to 3 years) with mild or moderate persistent asthma who were on regular inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) were randomly allocated to receive electronic monitoring combined with instant messaging software -based weekly feeding back adherence and reminders to keep taking the ICS (intervention group) and to receive electronic monitoring only (control group). The device-monitored adherence rates and caregiver-reported adherence rates were analyzed.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 96
- patients having mild or moderate persistent asthma
- 6 months-3 years
- taking regular inhaled steroids, with no change in their medication in the last month.
Participants who had severe persistent asthma or another respiratory disease or did not live in Shanghai were excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method device monitored adherence rate up to 6 months The primary outcome of the study was change in the adherence rate monitored by the electronic device for 6 consecutive months. This adherence rate was calculated as the number of device recorded times /number of total times prescribed × 100%.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method caregiver-reported adherence rate up to 6 months The secondary outcomes for the study were the caregiver-reported adherence rate and the difference between device-monitored and caregiver-reported adherence rates for 6 consecutive months. The caregiver-reported adherence rate was recorded on a monthly basis. It was offered by the caregivers of patients through answering the questions "Has our child inhaled the medicine according to the doctor's instructions" and "How about the frequency". The device-monitored and caregiver-reported adherence rates were compared monthly.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Shanghai children's medical center
🇨🇳Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Shanghai children's medical center🇨🇳Shanghai, Shanghai, China