Social Support and Education in Asthma Follow-up (SSEA)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

We will evaluate the effect of an eighteen-month asthma coaching intervention for parents/caregivers of children with asthma to reduce asthma morbidity. The primary objective is to determine if asthma coaching will significantly reduce asthma morbidity as measured by a reduction in the number of ED visits and hospitalizations for the children during the 18 months of active coaching and during the 18 months after the coaching stops. We will provide half of the subjects (parents/caregivers) with access to assistance from an asthma coach for 18 months (including 2 contacts with an asthma nurse during the first 6 months). The other half of the subjects will not have an asthma coach, but their children will have their usual routine care with their primary care providers. The nurse and coach will help the subjects learn more about caring for their children's asthma and improving interactions with the primary care providers for their children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00149500

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

241

Starts

2003-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-05-08

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A. The child of the parent/caregiver has a diagnosis of asthma made by a physician and reported by the parent, or diagnosis of asthma made during the ED visit if the child has experienced two previous wheezing episodes.
• B. The child will undergo treatment during the enrollment ED visit for the current asthma exacerbation, as determined by the treating ED clinician. As a result, only parents/caregivers with children experiencing a significant wheezing episode will be entered into the study.
• C. The child is 2-10 years of age (second birth date until, but not including, eleventh birth date).
• D. The child has Medicaid or no medical insurance. This criterion permits easy identification and selection of low-income children/families, who are the target population for this proposal.
• E. The parent/caregiver has a working telephone at home. F. The child attends one of the target practices (7 private practices and 5 federally funded clinics) for routine care.
• G. The parent/caregiver and child live within the St. Louis metro area.

You may not qualify if…

• A. The child attends a practice other than the target group. B. The parent/caregiver and child live outside of the St. Louis metro area. C. The child has a chronic illness other than asthma that manifests as wheezing or respiratory symptoms.
• D. The parent/caregiver does not have a working telephone in home. E. The parent/caregiver is not able to effectively communicate in English.

Where it is running

• Washington University — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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