NCT05618665

The Effect of Asthma Education Given by Taking Health Literacy Into Account

The Effect of Education Given to Asthmatic School Children and Their Parents by Taking Health Literacy Into Account on Disease Self-management

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 88 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ege University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to examine the effect of education given to asthmatic children and their parents by taking health literacy into account on disease self-management. The study was conducted with 88 children and their parents between October 2018 and July 2019. While education and booklets were given to both children and parents in intervention group 1, only the children were given the education and the booklets in intervention group 2. There was no intervention applied for the control group. Post-test was performed 3 weeks after the education and then follow-ups were carried out in the next three months over the phone.

Conditions

• Asthma in Children
• Health Literacy
• Child Health
• Asthma Management
• Nursing

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Asthma Education	Asthma education about asthma disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, risk factors, use of medication, use of medication apparatus, vaccination treatment, follow-up of the asthmatic child, precautions to be taken in prevention, what to do during an attack, what to do for adaptation to the disease and things to do in school life.
OTHER	Delivery of booklets	The booklets, prepared by the researchers, included information about the content of the education.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-07-01
• Completion: 2019-07-30
• First posted: 2022-11-16
• Last updated: 2022-11-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)