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Register: ANZCTR
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2020
Main ID:  ACTRN12615000582550
Date of registration: 03/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Dr.Chong Mei Chan
Public title: Developing Children Asthma Program (CAP) in promoting health outcomes among school children
Scientific title: Effect of the Children Asthma Program (CAP) on level of asthma knowledge among school children with asthma and their caregivers
Date of first enrolment: 15/04/2015
Target sample size: 700
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12615000582550.aspx
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Purpose: Educational / counselling / training; Allocation: Randomised controlled trial; Masking: Open (masking not used);  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Malaysia
Contacts
Name: Dr Chong Mei Chan   
Address:  Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia
Telephone: +603-79493675
Email: mcchong@um.edu.my
Affiliation: 
Name: Dr Chong Mei Chan   
Address:  Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia
Telephone: +603-79493675
Email: mcchong@um.edu.my
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: School children:
1) known case of asthma
2) availability to participate in scheduled classes sessions
3) able to understand and communicate in Malay or English

Family caregiver:
1) being a designated caregiver of school children with asthma
2) able to understand English or Malay
3) willing to attend and participate in the community component

Exclusion criteria: School children or caregivers who are unwilling to participate.

Age minimum: 13 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both males and females
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Respiratory - Asthma
Public Health - Health promotion/education
Asthma;
Asthma
Intervention(s)
The Children Asthma Program will be implemented to provide education activities to promote the prevention of recurrent and management of asthma among the school children. School children will be divided to two groups ( intervention group and control group )
The intervention group they will receive face to face class room learning. Only one session face to face learning will be given to students for 1 hour. Following the face to face learning online mobile learning will be administer for 3 months which will be electronic alternative for hand workbook tool, the frequency and duration of use of the mobile application it will be flexible and according to user prefer to use it during 3 months.
The parents of children will not receive face to face education only we will give them clarifying session about using mobile application and how to using it to help their children in dealing with mobile application
Baseline data will be collected before the intervention one month after intervention and at third month.
Primary Outcome(s)
1) Level of knowledge on asthma among school children and caregivers using Knowledge of Asthma Survey[Baseline before intervention, 1st month, then third month post intervention. ]
Secondary Outcome(s)
School children problems solving and decisions making regarding management of asthma using Reasoning about Asthma Scenarios[Baseline before intervention, 1st month, then third month post intervention. ]
Behaviour change among school children using Asthma Health Behaviours Survey[Baseline before intervention, 1st month, then third month post intervention. ]
Lung capacity (peak flow reading).[Baseline before intervention 1 month, then third month after intervention.]
School children’s level of acceptance on asthma using Acceptance of Asthma Questionnaire[Baseline before intervention, 1st month, then third month post intervention. ]
Incidence rate of recurrent of asthma, measure by check the medical history for the frequency visiting of health care services due to asthma. [Baseline before intervention 1 month, then third month after intervention.]
Participation in life activities among school children using Participation in Life Activities questions[Baseline before intervention, 1st month, then third month post intervention. ]
Secondary ID(s)
NIL
Source(s) of Monetary Support
University of Malaya Research Grant
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date:
Contact:
UMMC
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 25/11/2019
Date Completed: 27/05/2016
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