Online Asthma Self-Management for Children Aged 5-10 and Their Parents

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

The potential benefits of this research to public health include improved understanding of cultural factors in pediatric asthma self-management, improved self-management skills for children, and better asthma management skills for their parents. This could result in eased suffering and improved quality of life for millions of children and their families, and also reduce the economic burden borne by society in the forms of medical expenditures and lost productivity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02602392

Run by

Oregon Center for Applied Science, Inc.

People needed

622

Starts

2011-01-01

Expected to finish

2011-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-11-11

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children aged 5-10 with physican-diagnosed asthma and who had been prescribed any type of asthma medication, and one of their parents or primary caregivers. Parents and children needed to have access to an internet- and video-capable computer, and the parent needed to have a valid e-mail address in order to receive study-related correspondence.

You may not qualify if…

• Only English-speaking participants were accepted because the program was developed only for English speakers. Children less than 5 years of age and older than 10 were excluded because the program is developed targeted to the developmental abilities and interests of children aged 5-10. There were no exclusions based on race/ethnicity.

Where it is running

• Oregon Center for Applied Science — Eugene, Oregon, United States

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