An interventional study of My Asthma in School in Asthma, sponsored by Queen Mary University of London. Completed at 1 site in United Kingdom. Open to participants aged 11 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-11-15.
Sponsored by Queen Mary University of London · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Approximately 1.1 million children and young people in the United Kingdom (UK) are living with asthma, making it the most common chronic disease in children in the UK. Our recent observational study found that poor asthma control, poor medication adherence, and a poor understanding of asthma were key unmet needs of secondary school children. Following the findings from an earlier study, the investigators have developed a preliminary theory-based multi-faceted intervention, aimed at improving asthma self-management and control in young people.
The investigators have developed a theory-driven self-management intervention for children and young people which addresses the barriers to successful self-management, which were identified in an earlier study. The intervention will engage asthmatic teenagers and their peers, and will be delivered in two components. The first component includes a theatre workshop for all children aged 11-13 years in London secondary schools. The aim of this component is to raise awareness of asthma in schools among peers. The second component is a series of four self-management workshops for children with asthma. The aim of this component is to teach children about asthma, using interactive role plays and games. The main topics will include asthma general knowledge and understanding; General Practitioner (GP) communication; asthma triggers and symptoms; medication and emergency response; and self-management techniques and goal setting. The children will also receive a toolkit to take home with them, which will include a copy of the workbook that they have used during the day, containing information on what they have learnt. There will also be information on where they can get more help for their asthma. The toolkit will also include information about a smartphone gaming app, which will be about asthma knowledge.
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My Asthma in School. This group will receive the self-management workshops for asthmatic children and the theatre performance for the whole year group.
Behavioral: My Asthma in School
My Asthma in School. This group will receive the theatre performance only.
Behavioral: My Asthma in School
My Asthma in School. The control group will receive usual care for the duration of the intervention.
The intervention will include three arms. During the theatre workshop, the children will watch a theatre performance, and engage in a discussion at the end of the play, about what they have watched. The self-management workshops will cover a range of topics identified as barriers to self-management in our earlier study, and will be delivered to children with asthma only. The control group will receive usual care during the intervention.
Asthma control
This will be measured using the validated Asthma Control Test. Scores range from 5-25. A score of 19 or below indicates poorly controlled asthma; a score of 20 or above indicates good asthma control.
Time frame: 15 months
Medication Adherence Rating Scale.
Measures medication adherence. This scale includes 10 questions. Compliance is indicated by a 'no' response to questions 1-6 and 9-10, and a 'yes' response for questions 7 and 8.
Time frame: 15 months
Unscheduled care
This scale includes two multiple choice questions; one about unplanned doctor visits and one about unplanned hospital emergency department visits over the previous four weeks.
Time frame: 15 months
Brief-Illness Perception Questionnaire
This scale includes 9 questions about perceptions of illness. Questions 3, 4 and 7 are reverse scored, and added to the scores for the remaining questions. A higher score indicates a more threatening view of the illness.
Time frame: 15 months
School absences
This scale includes 3 multiple choice questions. These questions measure whole school day absences, lesson absences, and Physical Education lesson absences, over a four-week period.
Time frame: 15 months
Asthma knowledge
This scale includes 14 questions about asthma knowledge.
Time frame: 15 months
Beliefs About Medicines Questionnaire
This scale includes 10 statements about asthma medication. The participants indicate their agreement with the statement by selecting an option from strongly agree to strongly disagree.
Time frame: 15 months
Plan to share: No — Overall findings for each school will be reported back to individual schools, however individual participant data will not be reported due to data protection and confidentiality.
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