"Medikidz Explain JIA Comic Book- Hebrew"

N/ACompletedNCT02191722

Rabin Medical Center4 enrolled

Overview

We believe, that the results of this study will show that children learn from the comic book about their disease, and are now more aware and less frightened about it, and increase their compliance.

We believe, that the results of this study will show that children learn from the comic book about their disease, and are now more aware and less frightened about it, and increase their compliance. If so, it may promote the use of comic books or other fun educational tool in teaching children various other diseases.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Interventions

reading comics bookletBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: Children with JIA aged 10-18 after parents signed ICF Exclusion Criteria: Parents that do not wanf their children to participate in the study.

Locations (1)

SCMCI

Petah-Tikva, 14 Kaplan S., Israel

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

30% or more improvement in a knowledge questionnaire (before and after reading the comics booklet)

Time frame: 2 Years

Secondary Outcomes

10% or higher score in CHQ questionnaire (after reading the comics booklet)

Time frame: 2 Years

better compliance ( >1 score improvement in 1-5 scale score, as evaluated by the physician after reading the comics booklet).

Time frame: 2 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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