Clinical trial NCT06624735: Behavioral Changes Among Asthmatic Children in Sohag Universty Hospital
Official title: Behavioral Changes Among Asthmatic Children in Sohag Universty Hospital
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Bronchial Asthma
Lead sponsor: Sohag University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-03
Enrollment: 100
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SCREENING

Brief summary: Asthma is considered the most common chronic childhood disease and mainly affects children resident in urban areas. Asthma has been designated a serious public health problem due to the increase in its prevalence over the last two decades and the associated high health service costs in admissions and hospitalizations The cause of asthma is not yet completely understood, and there is no consensus about its etiology. A vast body of research emphasizes the role of genetic and environmental factors in the appearance of asthma, and a great deal of interest has recently emerged concerning the relationship between psychosocial factors and asthma morbidity Behavioural problems in children are generally described as "internalizing", which includes "anxiety, depressive, and somatic symptoms" or "externalizing", which includes "oppositional, hyperactive conduct". Both internalizing and externalizing problems can be experienced by healthy children with abnormal and "borderline" personality disorder, the latter referring to a mental illness marked by an ongoing pattern of varying moods, self-image, and behaviour


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Children aged 4-12 years Confirmed diagnosed as asthma

Exclusion Criteria:

Children below age of 4 years and aboveage of 12 years . Diagnosed with any other chronic medical conditions (e.g., cardiac , liver , renal and other chronic chest diseases) .

Patient with cerebral palsy.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Behavioural changes among asthmatic children
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Sohag
country: Egypt
facility: Sohag university Hospital
Study officials:
References:
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