Adolescent Asthma Action programme in Jordanian high schools
- Conditions
- Asthma, wheezingRespiratoryAsthma
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN63833842
- Lead Sponsor
- Westmead Hospital (Australia)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 280
1. Both males and females, in year 8, 9, or 10 at school
2. Recent wheezing in the last 12 months as detected by the Core Questionnaire for Wheezing and Asthma (CQWA). This questionnaire is an Arabic version of the International Studies of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Written Questionnaire.
3. Physically and cognitively capable of completing the survey
4. Able to read and converse in both Arabic and English
5. Attending regular school classes
6. Free of any other major diseases that could affect quality of life measures
7. Not involved in another concurrent health-related study
1. Students who were not regularly attending years 8, 9, and 10
2. Students who did not experience wheezing in the last 12 months
3. Students who had other chronic conditions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Asthma-related quality of life, assessed by the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) <br><br>All primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline (December 2006) and at post-intervention (April 2007).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Asthma knowledge of self-management, assessed by the Consumer Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire (CQ)<br>2. Self-efficacy to resist smoking, assessed by the Self-Administered Nicotine-Dependence Self-Efficacy Sub-Scale (SANDSES)<br><br>All primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline (December 2006) and at post-intervention (April 2007). <br><br>All three questionnaires used in this trial were self-administered and were in validated Arabic versions.