INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO MANAGING ASTHMA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.
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Keywords
Asthma in children, a new approach, biologics, technology in asthma care
Abstract
Background: Asthma is an ongoing long-term inflammation disease of the airways – with over 300 million people suffering from the condition and many of them children. Good management is vital to prevent exacerbating the situation, reduce the amount of hospitalizations, as well as gradually increase the quality of life. New developments in Sand digital health, biologic therapies, and Integrated care are modernizing the approach to Asthma in children the effectiveness to Personalized.
Objectives: It would be used to assess suitable new approaches in asthma’s management, such as; telemedicine, biologic therapies, and environmental modifications on the well-being of child asthma patients.
Study Design : A Prospective Study.
Place and duration of study. the Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children Hospital, Abbottabad. From jan 2021 to july 2021
Methods: The current study examined 120 pediatric asthma patients at an age of 6-16 years in a cross-sectional and prospective manner. Participants were randomized into two groups: a control group imposing the standard care, and an experimental group receiving usual plus the experimental treatments. The primary comparative results of this study were obtained over six months in terms of clinical factors such as exacerbation frequency, lung function (FEV1), and medication adherence. Qualitative analysis involved quantification by usingpaired t-tests, SD and use of p- values for testing the significance of the collected data.
Results: The intervention group education had a comparatively low mean frequency of exacerbation; 2.3 ± 0.8 in contrast to the control group with a mean of 4.1 ± 1.2 (p < 0.001). The intervention group had an 18% increase in lung function over the control group of which only had 5% increase (p < 0.05). Self-reported medication adherence was at 92 % ± 3% among patients in the intervention group compared to 71 % ± 4% for patients in the control group (p < 0.01).
Conclusions: Integrated approaches of asthma management have been found to enhance positive clinical outcomes in children. Mobile applications increase compliance with their prescribed medication regimens, further biologic therapies lessen the number of exacerbations, and measures associated with environment improve the patient quality of life. Thus, making care of pediatric asthma more accessible or further research is justified to enhance the results’ effectiveness.
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Sadia Mahmood Ahmad
Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children Hospital, Abbottabad
Nusrat Bashir
Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children Hospital, Abbottabad
Ayesha Siddiqa
Department of paediatrics Jinnah international hospital Abbottabad.
Tooba Jadoon
Department of paediatrics Jinnah international hospital Abbottabad.