Family-Focused, Stress-Reduction Program to Improve the Health Care of Urban Children With Asthma

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

Stress and anxiety can negatively affect children with asthma. Reducing the stress of asthmatic children and their families may lead to improved asthma care and fewer asthma symptoms in the children. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a family-focused asthma education program aimed at reducing stress levels and improving asthma care for urban children with asthma.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00384813

Run by

Emory University

People needed

43

Starts

2007-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-07-28

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical diagnosis of persistent asthma
• Poorly controlled asthma, as determined by emergency department visit, hospitalization, or steroid burst in the year prior to study entry
• Primary caregiver is under stress, as determined by a significantly elevated score on measures of stress
• Receives Medicaid or participates in Medicaid HMO
• Resides in the Atlanta metropolitan area

You may not qualify if…

• Nonatopic, nonpsychiatric illness that requires daily medication
• Diagnosis of asthma in the year prior to study entry
• Homeless
• Caregiver is unable to complete study screening process
• Caregiver does not speak English

Where it is running

• Emory University School of Medicine — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• American Lung Association - Southeast Division — Smyrna, Georgia, United States

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