Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Recruiting
Estimated Enrollment
Same as current

Summary

Conditions
  • Asthma
  • Child
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Respiration Disorders
  • Respiratory Disease
  • Respiratory Hypersensitivity
  • Respiratory Tract Diseases
Type
Interventional
Phase
Not Applicable
Design
Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentMasking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Primary Purpose: Treatment

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 7 years and 12 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

Children from 7 to 12 years old with asthma diagnosis will be included. Children assigned to the control group will receive, along with their parents, educational interventions in relation to asthma, based on guidelines of Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention Revised 2017.Children in...

Children from 7 to 12 years old with asthma diagnosis will be included. Children assigned to the control group will receive, along with their parents, educational interventions in relation to asthma, based on guidelines of Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention Revised 2017.Children in the intervention group will perform 12 sessions (twice a week) of treatment with the Ai Chi Method and educational interventions similiar to the control group. The investigators will assess pulmonary function (spirometry), asthma control by the Childhood Asthma Control Test (c-ACT Questionnaire), quality of life by the PAQLQ (Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire), anxiety symptoms by the SCAS (Spence Children's Anxiety Scale) and Disturbed Sleep by the Sleep Disorders Scale in Children. In addition, information will be collected on the numbers of hospitalizations, occurence of absence in school due to exacerbation of the disease, asthma symptoms and Beta2-agonists usage.

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT03392129
Collaborators
Not Provided
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Karla Mendonça, PT, PhD Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Principal Investigator: Renata Tomaz, PT, PhD's Student Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Principal Investigator: Ada Jácome, PT, PhD's student Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Principal Investigator: Thayla Amorim, PT, Ms Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte