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Evaluation of the Delay in Asthma Diagnosis in Children From the Lodz Region

NCT01084317 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 907

Last updated 2013-02-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of the research is to assess the duration of a delay in asthma diagnosis in children after the Program for Prevention of Allergic Diseases. Risk factors for delayed diagnosis of asthma in children will also be assessed. This study will answer the question of whether this ratio depends on the time, which indirectly proves that it can be changed by local intervention programs. Prove lasting effects of the Program may contribute to planning further local interventions focused on improving medical care for patients with bronchial asthma in the Lodz region, and reduce social costs associated with this disease.

Conditions

  • Bronchial Asthma

Interventions

OTHER

medical documentation and telephone interview

medical documentation analysis supplemented by telephone interview conducted with parents of the child

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medical University of Lodz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Włodzimierz Stelmach, MD, PhD · Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

  • Iwona Stelmach, MD,PhD,Prof. · Department of Pediatrics and Allergy, N. Copernicus Hospital, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

  • Ewa Bąk, Master of Sc · Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Poland

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Poland

Study Locations

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