Nursing Interventions to Mitigate Climate Change-related Effects on Symptom Severity and Physical Capacity

NCT ID: NCT07111143

Last Updated: 2025-08-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 120 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-29

Brief Summary

Randomize controlled, parallel, double-blind, with two arms, which purpose is verify the nursing educational intervention effects to reduce asthma severity symptoms in older adults.

Detailed Description

Climate change is a global concern with far, impacting numerous aspects of human health and well-being especially asthmatic older adults. So that the aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of dry eyes and effectiveness of nursing interventions for reducing climate changes effects on symptoms severity and physical capacity among asthmatic older adults through education to reduce climate effects compared to control group who receive asthma drugs only. This study is a randomize control trail to determine the best care for reducing the severity of symptoms and improve physical capacity from the period from 1/11/ 2024 until 30/4/ 2025. The expected result is decreasing severity of asthma and improve physical capacity.

Conditions

Asthma Exacerbations

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

placebo, bronchodilator, cortisone if necessary

Active comparator: asthmatic medication only

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

nursing intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

medication only

education group

The intervention group received a nursing intervention, which included three educational sessions classified into one session for the theoretical part through using face to face lecture, discussion, and two sessions for the practical part by utilizing PowerPoint, discussion, demonstration and re-demonstration. The researchers divided the participants into small groups each group consisted 3-4 cases, and three educational sessions provided for each group after data collection.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

nursing intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

medication only

Interventions

nursing intervention

medication only

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Typically involve confirmation of an asthma diagnosis by a physician
• Age range (often 60 and above ).
• Must be able to provide informed consent and communicate.

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe comorbidities, recent asthma exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids
• Inability to communicate effectively or perform necessary lung function tests.
• Cognitive impairments

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Minia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Norther Private Collage of Nursing

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Amal

Associate professor, researcher

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Norther Private Colleague of Nursing

Arar, Norther Border, Saudi Arabia

Countries

Saudi Arabia

Study Documents

Document Type: Health-Damaging Climate Events Highlight the Need for Interdisciplinary, Engaged Research

View Document

Related Links

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32589303/

The impact of climate change on the environment, biosphere, and biodiversity has become more evident in the recent years. Human activities have increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and other greenhouse gases. Change in climate an

Other Identifiers

senior asthma

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id