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UnknownNCT03392129
Ai Chi Method for Children With Asthma
Ai Chi Method for Children With Asthma: A Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 42 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 7 Years – 12 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
This study has the aim to assess the effectiveness of the Ai Chi method as an adjunct therapy in the treatment of children with asthma.
Detailed description
Children from 7 to 12 years old with asthma diagnosis will be included. Children assigned to the control group will receive, along with their parents, educational interventions in relation to asthma, based on guidelines of Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention Revised 2017.Children in the intervention group will perform 12 sessions (twice a week) of treatment with the Ai Chi Method and educational interventions similiar to the control group. The investigators will assess pulmonary function (spirometry), asthma control by the Childhood Asthma Control Test (c-ACT Questionnaire), quality of life by the PAQLQ (Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire), anxiety symptoms by the SCAS (Spence Children's Anxiety Scale) and Disturbed Sleep by the Sleep Disorders Scale in Children. In addition, information will be collected on the numbers of hospitalizations, occurence of absence in school due to exacerbation of the disease, asthma symptoms and Beta2-agonists usage.
Conditions
- Asthma
- Child
- Respiratory Disease
- Hydrotherapy
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Respiratory Hypersensitivity
- Respiration Disorders
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Ai Chi | Children in the intervention group will perform 12 sessions (twice a week 40 minutes each session) of treatment with the Ai Chi Method, and educational intervention in relation to asthma. |
| OTHER | Asthma education | Children assigned to the control group will receive, along with their parents, educational interventions in relation to asthma. |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-12-20
- Primary completion
- 2020-07-20
- Completion
- 2020-07-20
- First posted
- 2018-01-05
- Last updated
- 2019-08-12
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Brazil
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03392129. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.