N/A N=168 Randomized Single-blind Treatment

Training Parents by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Managing Childhood Asthma Care

Childhood Asthma

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

168

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Jan 2019

Primary outcome: Primary: Child's Total Number of Emergency Department Visits Due to Asthma Attacks Over the 6 Months Post Intervention — 0.38; 0.08 Number of visits — p=<0.05

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: ACT (Behavioral); Control (Behavioral)
Age: Pediatric · 3+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Primary completion: Jan 2017

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Child's Total Number of Emergency Department Visits Due to Asthma Attacks Over the 6 Months Post Intervention	0.38; 0.08	<0.05 sig
SECONDARY Children's Total Number of General Outpatient Clinic Visits Due to Asthma Attacks Over the Past 6 Months	0.18; 0.05	—
SECONDARY Children's Total Number of Private Practitioner's Clinic Visits Due to Asthma Attacks Over the Past 6 Months	0.85; 0.40	—
SECONDARY Children's Total Number of Hospital Admissions Due to Asthma Attacks Over the Past 6 Months	0.06; 0.04	—
SECONDARY Children's Number of Days of Hospital Stay Due to Asthma Attacks Over the Past 6 Months	3.75; 3.67	—
SECONDARY Children's Asthma Symptoms During Daytime Per Week Over the Past 4 Weeks	2.30; 0.58	—
SECONDARY Children's Asthma Symptoms During Nighttime Per Week Over the Past 4 Weeks	1.89; 0.55	—
SECONDARY Children's Days of Activities Affected by Asthma Symptoms Per Week Over the Past 4 Weeks	0.84; 0.17	—
SECONDARY Children's Reliever Use Due to Asthma Symptoms Per Week Over the Past 4 Weeks	1.62; 0.59	—
SECONDARY Parents' Psychological Flexibility	20.40; 14.67	—
SECONDARY Parents' Psychological Adjustment to Their Child's Asthma	1.46; 1.19; 1.16; 0.95; 1.13; 0.98	—
SECONDARY Parents' Psychological Symptoms	4.12; 2.75; 6.10; 3.80; 9.85; 7.41	—
SECONDARY Parents' Knowledge in Childhood Asthma Management	18.81; 19.50	—
SECONDARY Parents' Asthma Management Self-efficacy	3.89; 4.10; 3.59; 3.81	—
SECONDARY Parents' Quality of Life	5.36; 5.69; 5.23; 5.65	—

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine whether a parental training program using group-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for childhood asthma care, is effective in reducing the children's unplanned health care services utilization and asthmatic symptoms.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria for parents:

Between 18 and 65 years old
Fathers or mothers in each family who are primarily responsible for the daily care of their child with asthma
Living together with the index child
Able to communicate in Cantonese
Hong Kong residents who plan to stay in Hong Kong for at least 6 months
Accessible by telephone and by mail

Inclusion Criteria for children:

3 to 12 years old with a physician's diagnosis of asthma

Exclusion criteria for parents:

Enrolled in another asthma research intervention study

Exclusion criteria for children:

Enrolled in another asthma research intervention study
Two years old or under presented with an acute wheezing attack. As symptoms at this age can be due to bronchiolitis, a viral infection, rather than asthma
Have (1) other chronic pulmonary diseases, such as cystic fibrosis (CF), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), oxygen dependent conditions, or presence of tracheotomy; (2) other significant medical and mental morbidities, such as congenital malformation, Down's syndrome, cerebral palsy and psychomotor retardation. Both may hinder the control of asthma.

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02405962). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.