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Table 2 Breathing for Life Trial Study Procedures

From: The Breathing for Life Trial: a randomised controlled trial of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FENO)-based management of asthma during pregnancy and its impact on perinatal outcomes and infant and childhood respiratory health

 

Visit 1 (Control group)

Visit 1 (FENO group)

Follow-up Visits (FENO group)

Time frame

12–22+6 weeks gestation

12–22+6 weeks gestation

Every 3–6 weeks

Consent

✓

✓

 

Inclusion/exclusion

✓

✓

 

Other illnesses

✓

✓

 

Asthma diagnosis

✓

✓

 

Randomisation

✓

✓

 

Demographics

✓

✓

 

Height & weight

✓

✓

 

Smoking questions

✓

✓

✓

Ethnicity

✓

✓

 

Occupation

✓

✓

 

FENO

 

✓

✓

Spirometry

✓

✓

✓

ECO

✓

✓

✓

ACQ

 

✓

✓

Asthma history

✓

✓

 

Current medications

✓

✓

✓

Current symptoms

✓

✓

✓

Self-management education

✓

✓

✓

Written action plan

 

✓

 

FENO treatment algorithm

 

✓

✓ (every 2nd visit)

Medication supply

 

✓

✓

Written information provided

✓

✓

 

Letter to GP/primary carer

✓

✓