Effect of Home Environment Regulation on Symptom Control and Quality of Life in Children With Allergic Rhinitis

NCT04479085 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: maldem
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 52
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of nursing intervention to regulate the home environment on symptom control and quality of life in children with allergic rhinitis.

Conditions

Allergic Rhinitis

Keywords

allergic rhinitis; children; nursing; Allergic Rhinitis Due to House Dust Mite

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Quality of Life Questionnaire for 6-12 Years Old Children with Allergy in the Nose and Eyes (pediatric rinitis quality of life questionnaire PRQLQ)

  Average quality of life score of children will be taken by using the Quality of Life Survey for 6-12 Years Old Children with Allergy in their Nose and Eyes. The scale includes scoring between 0-6 High average score indicates low quality of life.

  It will be monitored at the beginning and end of the study.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• home environment regulation

  It will be monitored at the beginning and end of the study.

• symptom monitoring

  It will be monitored every week for 17 weeks.

Study Arms (2)

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

The nursing attempt to organize the home environment for the experimental group will take 17 weeks. During this period, two home visits and two telephone calls will be made. During the first home visit, training will be organized to regulate the home environment. Temperature and humidity changes of the houses will be monitored during the operation with the heat-moisture meter device. Children in this group will be given an anti-allergic duvet cover. Home environment arrangements of mothers and changes in the quality of life of children will be examined at the beginning and end of the study. Children's symptoms will be monitored weekly for 17 weeks.

Other: nursing intervention

control group

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will be made on the control group. The humidity and temperature changes in the home environment of the children in this group and their symptoms will be monitored on a weekly basis during the study.

Interventions

nursing intervention OTHER

It includes individual trainings for the regulation of the home environment, give a booklet to reinforce education and to give anti-allergic bedding sets.

experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• The child is diagnosed with allergic rhinitis
• age group children
• The child's sensitivity to at least one of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and/or Dermatophagoides farinae according to the skin prick test.
• Although sensitive to at least one of the house dust mites Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and/or Dermatophagoides farinae according to the child's skin pric test;
• The child has mold allergy according to the skin prick test
• The child is allergic to cockroaches according to the skin prick test
• The child has any of the cat and dog allergies according to the skin prick test
• Volunteering to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• The child has an additional chronic disease other than allergic rhinitis
• Pol The child is allergic to pollen according to the skin prick test
• Child and mother are not literate in Turkish Communication barriers in children and mothers (seeing, hearing, diagnosed mental and mental problems)
• Lack of up-to-date family phone information
• Child and mother living outside the city center

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Necmettin Erbakan University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Necmettin Erbakan Universty

Konya, 42050, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Rhinitis, Allergic

Interventions

Methods

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rhinitis; Nose Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Otorhinolaryngologic Diseases; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative Techniques

Study Officials

• Muradiye ALDEM BUDAK

  Necmettin Erbakan University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Emine GEÇKİL

  Necmettin Erbakan University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: research assistant

Model Details: pretest-posttest, parallel group, randomized controlled study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 6, 2020
• First Posted: July 21, 2020
• Study Start: July 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 25, 2020
• Study Completion: September 30, 2021
• Last Updated: April 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)