Selected aspects of quality and patient safety in managment of asthmatic children and effectiveness of a health education intervention for caregivers in reducing recurrent attacks

• Register: SLCTR
• Last refreshed on: 27 April 2013
• Main ID: SLCTR/2010/007
• Date of registration: 23/07/2010
• Primary sponsor: Dr. N.A.N. Perera
• Public title: Selected aspects of quality and patient safety in managment of asthmatic children and effectiveness of a health education intervention for caregivers in reducing recurrent attacks
• Scientific title: Selected aspects of quality and patient safety in management of asthmatic children and effectiveness of a health education intervention for caregivers in reducing recurrent attacks
• Date of first enrolment: 1/8/2010
• Target sample size: 70 each to experimental and control groups
• Recruitment status: Pending
• URL: http://www.slctr.lk/trial_details.asp?reg_id={8E3CD41C-A590-4D86-8FB2-F69A8311DC84}
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Study design- Randomized controled clinical trial; Study setting - Paediatric wards of Gampaha and Negombo hospitals; The study participants - caregivers of asthmatic children; Selection of study and control group – Randomization will be carried out for the days of the study period. Either Gampaha or Negombo hospital will be allocated as the study group according to randomization for each day. The intervention will be carried out for the caregivers form the selected hospital for that particular day. The caregivers in the hospital which was not selected will be chosen as the control group.; Intervention Study group – health education booklet will be given; Control group – No health education booklet

Countries of recruitment

Sri Lanka

Contacts

• Name: Dr. N.A.N. Perera
• Affiliation: Registrar in Public Health

• Name: Dr. N.A.N. Perera
• Affiliation: Registrar in Public Health

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Caregivers with a child of 2 to 12 years of age admitted for treatment of asthma and refered to follow a paediatric clinic at Negombo and Gampaha hospitals.
Exclusion criteria: 1.Caregivers who cannot read Sinhalese language

2. Not willing to follow clinics at Negombo and Gampaha hospitals

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Asthma

Intervention(s)

Health education booklet to be given to caregivers of asthmatic children.

Primary Outcome(s)

Proportion of children with recurrent attacks needing visits to GP/OPD/hospital during past three months

Secondary Outcome(s)

1.Mean score on knowledge of asthma in care givers

2.Proportion of children having compliance with treatment

3. Proportion of children with hospital admissions

Secondary ID(s)

Nil known

Source(s) of Monetary Support

None