Towards an Algorithmic Approach to Asthma Management: Collaborative Definition of Algorithm Objectives With Families

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Using big data and artificial intelligence techniques, it becomes possible to envision algorithms for managing childhood asthma on a daily basis. In order to develop such tools, it is necessary to determine with asthma stakeholders (children, parents, doctors) the parameters that future algorithms should seek to maximize / minimize. The main objective of the study is to quantify the respective importance of each of the goals that children with asthma, parents, and their doctors seek to achieve when taking / supervising / prescribing a background therapy.

Detailed Description
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Using big data and artificial intelligence techniques, it becomes possible to envision algorithms for managing childhood asthma on a daily basis. In order to develop such tools, it is necessary to determine with asthma stakeholders (children, parents, doctors) the parameters that future algorithms should seek to maximize / minimize. The main objective of the study is to quantify the respective importance of each of the goals that children with asthma, parents, and their doctors seek to achieve when taking / supervising / prescribing a background therapy. To do this, parents and children fill out a paper questionnaire, which is completed by their doctor, when they come to the hospital for consultation, hospitalization, or to perform lung function tests. Concerning children and parents, these questionnaires include a part aimed at prioritizing each person's objectives and a second part collecting general information regarding their characteristics (age, sex, asthma history, etc.).

Official Title
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Towards an Algorithmic Approach to Asthma Management: Collaborative Definition of Algorithm Objectives With Families

Conditions
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Childhood Asthma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaires


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Minor patients aged 8 years to 17 years and 11 months inclusive with a diagnosis of asthma made by a doctor and a basic treatment for asthma Holders of parental authority for patients meeting the above criteria Doctors caring for children with asthma Information and non-opposition of holders of parental authority and minor patients to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: Refusal to participate in the study Difficulties in French writing and / or speaking

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Patients with asthma<br>Children and adolescents aged 8 to 17 years old with a doctor's diagnosis of asthma and controller asthma treatment | Other: Questionnaires<br>* Questionnaire in two parts: one part on the objectives related to taking the treatment and the objectives related to the treatment modality and a second part on the general characteristics of each participant and the characteristics of the child's asthma.<br>|
| Holders of parental authority<br>Holders of parental authority of patients with asthma described in group A | Other: Questionnaires<br>* Questionnaire in two parts: one part on the objectives related to taking the treatment and the objectives related to the treatment modality and a second part on the general characteristics of each participant and the characteristics of the child's asthma.<br>|
| Doctors<br>Doctors caring for patients with asthma described in group A | Other: Questionnaires<br>* Questionnaire in two parts: one part on the objectives related to taking the treatment and the objectives related to the treatment modality and a second part on the general characteristics of each participant and the characteristics of the child's asthma.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mean score attributed to each goal | Children, their parents (or holders of parental authority), and their doctors will be asked to allocate 20 points to 7 goals they want to prevent with the asthma controller treatment, and another 20 points to 5 goals regarding their treatment modality (more discreet, easier to take, etc). The score for each goal will range from 0 (objective not important to the respondent) to 20 (objective of major importance to the respondent). | Day 0 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Correlation of goals between respondents | For each goal, the correlation of the scores attributed by children, their parents, and their doctors, will be calculated. | Day 0 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Childhood asthma, Algorithms for managing childhood asthma, Big data, Artificial intelligence