A Study of Tobacco Smoke and Children With Respiratory Illnesses

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Bronchiolitis, Pneumonia, Reactive Airway Disease, Asthma, Tobacco Smoking, Tobacco Cessation, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

In brief

This study aims to assess the feasibility of using an intervention for environmental smoke exposure in children that uses cotinine testing results with written materials and telephone counseling for a potential future study of parents whose children are admitted with respiratory illnesses to The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland, Maine.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03062709

Run by

MaineHealth

People needed

3

Starts

2017-03-12

Expected to finish

2017-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2017-05-16

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• age 0 to 10 years old
• admitted to The Barbara Bush Children Hospital for bronchiolitis, pneumonia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, or asthma
• the child lives with an adult who smokes cigarettes

You may not qualify if…

• Non-English-speaking and -reading adults will be excluded as our interventions are in English.
• Children over the age of 10 will be excluded as we wanted to avoid children who themselves smoke, given that we will not have a confidential way to assess this.
• Breastfeeding children will be excluded as nicotine is transferrable in breast milk.
• Families (meaning the parent or guardian, the child, and any smoking coinhabiting caregiver) will be excluded if the parent or the smoking adult is a minor, as they would not be able to give consent for participation.
• Children in foster care or whose guardian is the state will be excluded as we are unlikely to achieve timely consent.
• Families who do not reside in Maine will be excluded as The Maine Tobacco Helpline is not able to provide services for out-of-state residents.
• Children readmitted to the hospital during our study period will be excluded if they have already participated in this study during a previous admission.

Where it is running

• The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center — Portland, Maine, United States

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