Comparison follow up for children with asthma between nurse practitioners, general practitioners and pediatricians.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- asthma10006436
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31090
- Lead Sponsor
- Amphia Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 106
Inclusion Criteria
Children aged 6-16 years
Children with moderate asthma as defined by the guidelines of the dutch pediatric respiratory society of the dutch association for pediatrics and/or children whose general practitioner indicates the use of inhaled corticosteroids as defined by the guidelines of the dutch GP association. Children from general practice as well as pediatric practice can be recuted.
Exclusion Criteria
Children who should be referred to a pediatrician for severe astma, to the judgement of the GP and whose treatment should be continued in pediatric practice
Children unable to perform standard lungfunction testing.
Children with other chronic diseaese requiring specialistic treatment by a pediatrician.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Airway Hyperresponsiveness. (PD20 methacholine)</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Lungfunction variabels;<br /><br>• FEV1 before & after beta-2-agonists<br /><br>• NO in expired air<br /><br>Patientorieted variabels & health-economics:<br /><br>• *Asthma Control Questionaires* plus added quastions (unplanned visits,<br /><br>course of prednison, admission,schoolabsence, workabsence parents)<br /><br>• Quality of Life Questionnaire.<br /><br>• Extra referal of *Nurse Practitioner* to pediatrician.<br /><br>• Extra referal of GP to pediatrician<br /><br>• Number of consultations in groups A, B & C.<br /><br>• Medication in de groups A,B & C.<br /><br>Variabels concerning disease awareness..<br /><br>• Knowledge of asthma.<br /><br>• Smoking pattern parents.<br /><br>• Smoking pattern( teenage) patient.<br /><br>• Peds.<br /><br>• Aplication house dust mite isolating matras covers .<br /><br>• Quality of care children's version.<br /><br>• Quality of care paternt's version.</p><br>