Education With Cartoon's Effectiveness on Disease Management of the Children With Asthma

Summary

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the effect of the education program (HPPCA - Health Promotion Program for Children with Asthma), which was developed by using cartoons and comic based on the health promotion model of Nola J Pender and brain-based learning theories, on disease control and life quality in children aged between 7 and 11, and diagnosed with asthma.

Materials and Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 74 children between the ages of 7 and 11, who presented to a respiratory disease unit of a university hospital in Istanbul. Children were randomly assigned to the experimental (38 children) and control (36 children) groups using the Urn method. It was administered to both groups prior to the intervention. After the HPPCA education administered only to the experimental group, both groups were administered two post-tests as a follow-up in the 1st and 3rd months. Standardized sociodemographic question form, Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) and Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) were used for the follow-up. The data were evaluated using statistical parametric tests.

Conditions

• Asthma in Children

Interventions

OTHER

Standart Care given during normal examination

This is the standart education given by doctor. The child and his/her parents come to the doctor for normal examination. They take their asthma diagnosis or other information about their condition. and then the doctor explain them about what is asthma, what are the drugs or how should they use them. This is the implementation using for the control group.

BEHAVIORAL

Health Promotion Program with cartoon education for Children with Asthma

First of all, the child and their parents take the routine examination as the same as the control group. Then they take the experimental education called Health Promotion Program with cartoon education for Children with Asthma. The children with asthma were educated within the scope of the program in order to demonstrate the effect of the program on asthma management. Children with asthma were educated with the program, which consisted of 4 units, each of 10 minutes, prepared in the light of the literature and with the current guidelines. Each child received the education in a total of 40 minutes. Every unit has its own cartoon video and comic book material. To sum up The Principal Investigator first give the education about asthma management, then makes them watch the Iggy and the Inhalers videos developed for each unit, and does a colouring activity with comic books at the end of each unit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Koç University

  collaborator OTHER

• Bahçeşehir University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ayse F Ocakci, Professor · Advisor

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

7 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2019-12-21

Primary Completion

2020-05-01

Completion

2020-07-08

Countries

• Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations