Virtual Care In Pediatric Asthma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma in Children
• Interventions: Other: Virtual Care

• Registration Number: NCT05500287
• Lead Sponsor: Ege University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of virtual care for children with asthma on the disease management and quality of life of children with asthma.

Detailed Description

After children were randomized by protocol number, they completed the child information form, the quality of life scale of the child with asthma, and the asthma control test at the first interview. PEF meter and asthma diary were given at the first interview. Children in the virtual care group received online training in four modules within the first month.The virtual group provided counseling services by phone and video conference for six months. The control group received the standard care provided in the clinic. Asthma diary data were collected from both groups at the end of each month

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-03-14
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-20
• Study Completion: 2022-04-20
• Status Verified: 2022-08
• Study First Submitted: 2022-08-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-08-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-08-11
• Study First Posted: 2022-08-15
• Last Update Posted: 2022-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 97

Inclusion Criteria

• having a smartphone or tablet with internet connection, parents and patient willing to maintain a daily log of symptoms and medication use

Exclusion Criteria

• Children who had mental problems, had not attended at least one of the training and did not send at least one month of their asthma diary were excluded from the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Virtual Care Group	Virtual Care	Children in virtual care group (VCG) were given distance asthma education for the first month. The education was given in groups of 5-6 children. Also, short videos were taken by the researcher on how to use medications and nebulizers and were shown in Zoom meetings. The education and videos were prepared by scanning the current literature and expert opinion was obtained from 2 experts in nursing education, 2 experts in pediatric nursing and a expert in the pediatric allergy field. Children and families sent asthma diaries to the researcher every 4 weeks. At the end of the first, third and sixth months, data from asthma diaries were collected via Google Forms. The Pediatric Asthma Child Quality of Life Scale score was also collected through Google Forms at the beginning and end of the sixth month. The patients received support from the researcher on case management via telephone or video call 24/7. Case management was multidisciplinary (a nurse and a specialist).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in symptom number	first, third and the sixth month	The children were given a asthma diary to track their daily symptom of asthma. Asthma diary includes symptoms of wheezing, cough, activity limitation, sleep disturbance and response fo the use of rescue medication. The diary includes also peakflow meter values for two times per day. A sympyom day means any day for which child recorded any symptom, or reported the use of rescue medication. Children and families kept an asthma diary throughout the study and sent it to the researcher every 4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline in quality of life	Baseline and sixth month	The Pediatric Asthma Child Quality of Life Scale score was collected through internet

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ege University; 🇹🇷 İzmir, Turkey