Clinical trial NCT06045312: The Effect of Online Peer and Adult Education Given to Adolescents With Allergic Asthma
Official title: The Effect of Online Peer and Adult Education Given to Adolescents With Allergic Asthma on Their Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy, Anxiety, and Disease Knowledge and Management: A Randomized Controlled Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Self Efficacy
Asthma
Asthma in Children
Keywords: Adolescent
Anxiety
Asthma
Knowledge
Self-efficacy
Quality of life
Lead sponsor: Aydin Adnan Menderes University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-09-21
Enrollment: 41
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 10
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: In this study, there is an intervention and a control group.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Objectives: To examine the effect of interactive online education given by peers or adults on anxiety, self-efficacy, quality of life, and disease knowledge and management in adolescents with allergic asthma in the 10-14 age group.

Methods: The research was conducted as a randomized controlled study. The study sample consisted of 84 adolescents divided into experimental groups \[receiving peer(n=28) or adult(n=28) education\] and control(n=28) group. The adolescents in the peer or adults were given online interactive education concerning allergic asthma and the management thereof. The control group received only usual training.Data were collected using an Adolescent Personal Data Form, the State Anxiety Inventory for Children, the Self-Efficacy Scale for Children and Adolescents with Asthma, the Pediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Disease Knowledge and Management Questionnaire. Data were collected from the adolescents before (T0) and immediately after education (T1), and after one (T2) and three months (T3).

This study is a non-blinded randomized controlled trial. . All screened adolescents with asthma were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: the peer or adults education groups that received a 6 weeks asthma education and a control group that received usual care. The three groups were then followed prospectively immediately, 1, and 3 months after training to evaluate the effectiveness of training compared with usual care.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Age was 10 to 14 years, doctor-diagnosed allergic asthma, without allergic rhinitis with a diagnosis of allergic asthma (by medical record), internet access via computer or phone, the ability to speak Turkish, willingness to participate.

Exclusion criteria were those with moderate to severe cognitive or mental health impairment and a diagnosis of allergic rhinitis in addition to the diagnosis of allergic asthma (according to medical records).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-Efficacy (SES)
timeFrame: 10 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Aydın
country: Turkey
facility: Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Nursing Faculty
Study officials:
affiliation: aydın adnan menderes universty
name: pelin karataş, MsC
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: aydın adnan menderes universty
name: Hüsniye Çalışır
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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