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Observational studyBMJ open2017

Paediatric asthma control under a community management model in China: a protocol for a prospective multicentre cohort study.

Juan Xu, Yong Yin, Hao Zhang, Wen Wei Zhong, Lei Zhang, Jing Zhang, Shu Hua Yuan, Fen Zhang, Li Xia Zhao

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Observational study in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Juan XuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yong YinDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Wen Wei ZhongDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Lei ZhangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shu Hua YuanDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Fen ZhangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Li Xia ZhaoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai Children's Medical Center · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChildhood asthma is globally one of the most common respiratory disorders and accounts for more school absences and more hospitalizations than any other chronic illness. The worldwide economic burden of this disease exceeds those of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined. Proper intervention and effective management is of paramount importance for the control and prognosis of paediatric asthma. Unfortunately, the rate of uncontrolled and partially controlled paediatric asthma in China is >90%. This study will use a new management model to investigate the status of asthma control and the adherence of patients to a medication protocol.

methodsThis prospective, multicentre, observational study will be conducted at 15 hospitals on children (n=800) diagnosed with asthma. Each patient will be assigned to either the nearest community hospital or Shanghai Children's Medical Center, whichever is closer to the patient's home, according to the decision of parents. Participants were divided into two groups: tertiary care hospital (Shanghai Children's Medical Center) follow-up group and community hospital follow-up group. The primary outcome will be the difference in the proportion of controlled, partially controlled and uncontrolled asthma among the two groups. Secondary outcomes will be the differences in adherence rate, lung function, exacerbations, growth development, total asthma-related unscheduled visits, days absent from school and loss of working days for the patient's caregiver. Data will be analysed on an intention-to-treat and a per-protocol basis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Board of Shanghai Children's Medical Center affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University of Medicine. We plan to publish the results of this study in a peer-reviewed journal article.

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Community Health ServicesPreventive Health ServicesResearch DesignAnti-Asthmatic AgentsAsthmaChildChinaFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHospitalizationHumansMaleObservational Studies as TopicPatient ComplianceProspective StudiesAnti-Asthmatic AgentsasthmaChinapaediatrics

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PMID28780547
PMCPMC5724237
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