Adolescent Asthma Action programme in Jordanian high schools

ISRCTN	ISRCTN63833842
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN63833842
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Westmead Hospital (Australia)
Funder	Westmead Hospital, Primary Health Care Education and Research Unit (Australia)

Submission date: 11/10/2009
Registration date: 03/11/2009
Last edited: 15/02/2012

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Respiratory

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Robyn Gallagher
Scientific

Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
University of Technology, Sydney
Sydney
2007
Australia

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Cluster-randomised (at the school level) controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Evaluation of a school-based, peer-led asthma education programme on quality of life, asthma-related knowledge and self-efficacy to resist smoking among adolescents with asthma in high schools in Jordan
Study acronym	Triple A in Jordan (TAJ programme)
Study objectives	A school-based, peer-led asthma education program (TAJ) improves quality of life, asthma-related knowledge and self-efficacy to resist smoking among adolescents with asthma attending high schools in Jordan.
Ethics approval(s)	1. Human Research Ethics Committe, the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, approved on 23/08/2006 (ref: 2006-214A) 2. Ministry of Education, Irbid, Jordan, approved on 11/07/2006 (ref: 35794/10/3)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Asthma, wheezing
Intervention	This is a cluster-randomised (at the school level), controlled trial. Four schools were randomly selected from the list of all eligible schools in the Irbid region, stratified by gender. The intervention is an adaptation and implementation of the Triple A programme (TAJ), which was developed by Shah in 1993 in Australia. Triple A is a peer-led education programme that involves senior students educating younger peers about asthma and smoking through a three-step implementation process in high schools (description of the TAJ programme in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9436069). Students in the intervention schools recieved the modified Triple A programme, and students in the control schools did not receive any intervention but continued their usual routine. 261 students were recruited but 241 completed the trial.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Asthma-related quality of life, assessed by the Paediatric Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (PAQLQ) All primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline (December 2006) and at post-intervention (April 2007).
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Asthma knowledge of self-management, assessed by the Consumer Asthma Knowledge Questionnaire (CQ) 2. Self-efficacy to resist smoking, assessed by the Self-Administered Nicotine-Dependence Self-Efficacy Sub-Scale (SANDSES) All primary and secondary outcomes were assessed at baseline (December 2006) and at post-intervention (April 2007). All three questionnaires used in this trial were self-administered and were in validated Arabic versions.
Completion date	01/05/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Other
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	280
Key inclusion criteria	1. Both males and females, in year 8, 9, or 10 at school 2. Recent wheezing in the last 12 months as detected by the Core Questionnaire for Wheezing and Asthma (CQWA). This questionnaire is an Arabic version of the International Studies of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Written Questionnaire. 3. Physically and cognitively capable of completing the survey 4. Able to read and converse in both Arabic and English 5. Attending regular school classes 6. Free of any other major diseases that could affect quality of life measures 7. Not involved in another concurrent health-related study
Key exclusion criteria	1. Students who were not regularly attending years 8, 9, and 10 2. Students who did not experience wheezing in the last 12 months 3. Students who had other chronic conditions
Date of first enrolment	10/11/2006
Date of final enrolment	01/05/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Australia
Jordan

Study participating centre

Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health

Sydney
2007
Australia

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/01/2012		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes