Virtual Care In Pediatric Asthma

NCT05500287 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB.E.57802
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 97
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Asthma in Children

Keywords

Virtual Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in symptom number

  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

  first, third and the sixth month

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in quality of life

  Baseline and sixth month

Study Arms (2)

Virtual Care Group

EXPERIMENTAL

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).

Other: Virtual Care

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Children and families who in the control group (CG), 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. In the CG, the education routinely given by the physician during the outpatient clinic visits continued in the same way. In the name of equality of opportunity, training presentations and videos were shared with the CG at the end of the study. Also, the training presentation was converted into a booklet (videos were added to the booklet in the form of QR codes) and delivered to the clinic in printed form.

Interventions

Virtual Care OTHER

Children in the virtual care group had distance asthma education, case management and virtual care

Virtual Care Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ege University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ege University

Izmir, İzmir, 35040, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Telemedicine

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Delivery of Health Care; Patient Care Management; Health Services Administration

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Researcher in the Nursing Faculty

Model Details: Randomized Controlled Trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 11, 2022
• First Posted: August 15, 2022
• Study Start: March 14, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 20, 2022
• Study Completion: April 20, 2022
• Last Updated: February 9, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)