Educating adolescents at Risk of Anaphylaxis

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of TrialsISRCTN registry
Year 2012
INTERVENTION: Education Session: A face‐to‐face teaching session involving discussion groups; video demonstration of (simulated) anaphylactic reactions and management; demonstration and practice with adrenaline SIAs; knowledge & skill assessments. CONDITION: Anaphylactic shock in paediatrics ; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning ; Anaphylactic shock, unspecified PRIMARY OUTCOME: Knowledge & skills measured at study entry, at end of education session and at follow‐up (3 months after session) SECONDARY OUTCOME: 1. Carriage of SIA device, measured at study entry and follow‐up (3 months); 2. Impact of smartphone app measured at follow‐up ‐ self‐reported and correlated with knowledge / skills / QoL.; 3. Quality of life measured at study entry and at follow‐up (3 months) INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Be a young person aged 11‐16 years (inclusive) 2. Be a patient of the Great North Children's Hospital regional allergy clinic 3. Have confirmed food (nut) allergy 4. Have been prescribed an adrenaline self‐injectable autoinjector device 5. Speak and understand written and spoken English 6. Male or female participants
Epistemonikos ID: 251e805b08fd83d6586b5b2c71526e6ccbfbd9d2
First added on: Aug 22, 2024