pelican a quality of life instrument for childhood asthma study protocol of two randomized controlled trials in primary and specialized care in the netherlands鹈鹕儿童哮喘生活质量的仪器研究协议的两个随机对照试验主要在荷兰和专业护理.pdfVIP

van Bragt et al. BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:137 /1471-2431/12/137 STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access PELICAN: A quality of life instrument for childhood asthma Study Protocol of two Randomized Controlled Trials in Primary and Specialized Care in the Netherlands 1* 1 1 1 2 1 Stephanie van Bragt , Lisette van den Bemt , Bart Thoonen , Chris van Weel , Peter Merkus and Tjard Schermer Abstract Background: Asthma is one of the major chronic health problems in children in the Netherlands. The Pelican is a paediatric asthma-related quality of life instrument for children with asthma from 6– 11 years old, which is suitable for clinical practice in primary and specialized care. Based on this instrument, we developed a self-management treatment to improve asthma-related quality of life. The Pelican intervention will be investigated in different health care settings. Results of intervention studies are often extrapolated to other health care settings than originally investigated. Because of differences in organization, disease severity, patient characteristics and care provision between health care settings, extrapolating research results could lead to unnecessary health costs without the desired health care achievements. Therefore, interventions have to be investigated in different health care settings when possible. This study is an example of an intervention study in different health care settings. In this article, we will present the study protocol of the Pelican study in primary and specialized care. Method/design: This study consists of two randomized controlled trials to assess the effectiveness of the Pelican intervention in primary and specialized care. The trial in pri