Improving Asthma Communication in Minority Families

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The purpose of this study is to determine if teaching children with asthma how to talk to their doctor about controlling their asthma including symptom frequency in an asthma diary and medication use techniques, will result in less symptom and missed school days, fewer emergency room visits and reduce the cost of asthma health care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00133666

Run by

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

People needed

231

Starts

2004-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-07-17

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 6-12 years
• Physician diagnosis of asthma
• Reside in metropolitan Baltimore
• English speaking
• Able to read 80% of parent educational brochure in English
• Emergency Department (ED) visit within the past 12 months and can identify a primary care provider
• No other co-morbid pulmonary disease

You may not qualify if…

• Enrolled in another asthma study

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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