| Trial name or title |
Improving childhood asthma management through a telemedicine monitoring network |
| Methods |
A pilot formal randomised control trial |
| Participants |
120 children with asthma who have had at least one admission to hospital or one emergency department or paediatric or GP visit for asthma requiring steroid rescue within the previous 12 months. SMS patients must have a mobile phone. Participants will be identified by discharge reports from participating hospitals. Age 3 to 16. |
| Interventions |
There will be 3 groups of patients: a) regular care ‐ GP/paediatrician/hospital emergency services, b) telemedicine ‐ twice a week automated telephone calls to the family, c) nurse support ‐ telephone call by an asthma nurse every 2 weeks. SMS Monitoring will also be undertaken, 40 adolescents with asthma will be randomised to monitoring via mobile phone using SMS and a control group receives regular care. |
| Outcomes |
Health resource utilisation over 6 months, health economic assessment over a 6‐month period, school days missed for children and days off work for parents, medication use and health‐related quality of life |
| Starting date |
11 September 2006 |
| Contact information |
Mary Jackson, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Mary_Jackson@health.qld.gov.au |
| Notes |
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