Feasibility of an ED Initiated Online Asthma Management Program for Urban Teens

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Acute Asthma

In brief

The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an online, Emergency Department-initiated asthma management intervention designed to reduce asthma-related morbidity among urban teenagers aged 13-19 years with uncontrolled asthma. The study will examine issues around recruitment, participant compliance with the study protocol, Internet access, and attrition. Investigators will first develop a protocol for recruiting 13-19 year old patients with acute asthma into an ED-initiated pilot trial of an online asthma management program, describing recruitment and refusal rates. Investigators will measure participant compliance with the pilot study protocol including 4 online sessions and a 6 month survey. Investigators will also measure compliance of the participants parents at baseline and a six month follow up. Investigators will then use pilot study results to describe the intervention effect on selected outcomes including ED visits, asthma control as measured by Asthma Control Questionnaire, functional limitations, quality of life, and behavior change.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01695031

Run by

Henry Ford Health System

People needed

126

Starts

2012-10-01

Expected to finish

2015-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-01

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 13-19 years of age
• Physician diagnosis of acute asthma at the Emergency Department visit
• Parent written informed consent
• Teen written informed assent

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed consent/assent
• No physician diagnosis of asthma
• Other co-morbidities that make it impossible for individual to participate.

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Michigan — Detroit, Michigan, United States
• Henry Ford Health System — Detroit, Michigan, United States

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