Improving Quality of Life for Teenagers With Asthma

Официальное название

Can the Quality of Life of Adolescents With Asthma be Improved by Focusing on Improving Their Asthma Self-management

Обзор

BACKGROUND: Asthma is a long-term lung condition affecting 1 in 11 children and young people in the UK. Many teenagers have well controlled asthma, but a significant number continue to experience regular symptoms and asthma attacks leading to hospitalisations. While non-adherence to medication is a factor, teenagers also face challenges like changing relationships with parents and peers, avoiding triggers like smoking, and fitting in treatment with daily life demands. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) also face difficulties in managing teenagers with asthma. A previous study, funded by Asthma + Lung UK, developed a new approach to manage teenage asthma by focusing on self-efficacy, which is how confident one feels about performing a task. Teenagers completed the Adolescent Asthma Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (AASEQ), which identified areas where they needed more support. HCPs then tailored their consultations to address these needs. This approach improved the teenagers' confidence in self-managing their asthma. Improving quality of life (QoL) is a key goal in asthma care. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine if the self-efficacy approach improves QoL for teenagers with asthma. METHODS: Teenagers aged 12-18 years with asthma will be recruited from hospital clinics. They will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1. Teenager will complete the AASEQ at the start of their appointment. The HCPs will use this to focus the consultation on areas where the teenager needs support in self-managing their asthma. 2. Teenager will have their usual consultation with the HCP. Three months after the appointment, the QoL will be compared between the two groups using a standardised questionnaire. IMPACT: If the self-efficacy approach proves to be beneficial, it could help HCPs to empower teenagers to better manage their asthma and ultimately improve their quality of life.

Вмешательства

• Другое Clinic consultation focused on asthma self-management
  The clinic healthcare professionals (HCPs) will be provided with the completed Adolescent Asthma Self-efficacy Questionnaire (AASEQ), which will help identify areas where participants need additional support to improve their asthma self-management skills. Targeted behavioural interventions, developed during the 'ItsMyAsthma' study, will be applied during the clinic consultation to address individual needs.

Первичные конечные точки

• Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) [Срок оценки: 3 months after enrolment]

Вторичные конечные точки (3)

• Asthma-related healthcare utilisation [Срок оценки: 3 months after enrolment]
• Asthma Control Test (ACT) [Срок оценки: 3 months after enrolment]
• Adolescent Asthma Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (AASEQ) [Срок оценки: 3 months after enrolment]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Adolescent aged 12-18 years
• Attending a paediatric respiratory clinic
• Informed consent from adolescent aged ≥16 years, and assent plus parent/guardian consent for adolescents aged ≤16 years
• Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire score ≤5.5 points

Критерии исключения

• Aged 0-11 or over 18 years
• Other significant long-term medical condition that has a day-to-day impact on their lives (except for co-existing allergic conditions, breathing pattern disorder, dysfunctional breathing, or intermittent laryngeal obstruction)
• Adolescent or parent/guardian unable to communicate sufficiently to complete consent forms.

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Нет

Дизайн исследования

Распределение

Рандомизированное

Модель

Параллельные группы

Маскирование

Открытое

Основная цель

Поддерживающая терапия

Центры проведения

Великобритания · 2 центра

• University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust — Southampton
• Isle of Wight NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital — Isle of Wight

Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT06851715 · RHM CHI1258 · 349662

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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