Empowering Asthmatic Seniors: Nursing Interventions to Mitigate Climate Change-related Effects on Symptom Severity and Physical Capacity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- asthma severity
研究概览
简要总结
Randomize controlled, parallel, double-blind, with two arms, which purpose is verify the nursing educational intervention effects to reduce asthma severity symptoms in older adults.
详细描述
Climate change is a global concern with far, impacting numerous aspects of human health and well-being especially asthmatic older adults. So that the aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of dry eyes and effectiveness of nursing interventions for reducing climate changes effects on symptoms severity and physical capacity among asthmatic older adults through education to reduce climate effects compared to control group who receive asthma drugs only. This study is a randomize control trail to determine the best care for reducing the severity of symptoms and improve physical capacity from the period from 1/11/ 2024 until 30/4/ 2025. The expected result is decreasing severity of asthma and improve physical capacity.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Typically involve confirmation of an asthma diagnosis by a physician
- •Age range (often 60 and above ).
- •Must be able to provide informed consent and communicate.
排除标准
- •Severe comorbidities, recent asthma exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids
- •Inability to communicate effectively or perform necessary lung function tests.
- •Cognitive impairments
研究组 & 干预措施
placebo, bronchodilator, cortisone if necessary
Active comparator: asthmatic medication only
干预措施: nursing intervention (Other)
education group
The intervention group received a nursing intervention, which included three educational sessions classified into one session for the theoretical part through using face to face lecture, discussion, and two sessions for the practical part by utilizing PowerPoint, discussion, demonstration and re-demonstration. The researchers divided the participants into small groups each group consisted 3-4 cases, and three educational sessions provided for each group after data collection.
干预措施: nursing intervention (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
asthma severity
时间窗: thee month
Education intervention for asthma prevention. self-management practices and adaptation behaviors: rinsing the nose with salty water, inhalation of steam, proper technique of using inhalers, breathing and Aerobic exercises. Lara Asthma Symptom Scale was used total score between 8 and 40, where higher scores indicate more severe asthma symptoms.
次要结局
- physical activity level among participants(three month)
研究者
Amal
Associate professor, researcher
Minia University