Promoting Partnership and Improving Self-Management for Children With Persistent Asthma

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Asthma in Children

In brief

The goal of this study is to evaluate a pilot of clinic-based intervention of asthma education. After a scheduled outpatient encounter for well-child care or asthma care has concluded, a pediatric nurse will teach participants (children and their caregivers) about asthma, provide clearly written information about how to manage asthma, and discuss how to manage asthma at home with cooperation between caregivers and children. Families will also receive current asthma prescriptions in clinic, and colored labels will be attached to medications in order to match the color scheme of asthma action plans (green labels for controller medications, red labels for rescue medications). Families will be followed for 3 months after the first clinic visit, including a follow-up visit in clinic 1 month later and a follow-up telephone call 3 months after starting. The nurse will reinforce key educational points and review medication use at the follow-up clinic visit. Families will also be invited to complete an additional in-depth interview following the 1 month clinic follow-up. The investigator hypothesizes that knowledge, self-efficacy, and reported adherence with asthma medications will increase for both caregivers and children/adolescents following the intervention and labeling of delivered medications. In addition, the investigator hypothesizes that children/adolescents will have more symptom free days and improved control following the intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03390556

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

44

Starts

2018-06-07

Expected to finish

2019-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-23

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• An inability to speak and understand English. Parents and children with low literacy / health-literacy skills will be eligible, as survey instruments will be administered verbally and educational materials will be designed for low-literacy populations.
• No access to a working phone for follow-up, including care coordinator calls and the final follow-up survey.
• Another significant medical condition identified in the child's medical record that could interfere with assessment of asthma control, including Cystic Fibrosis, congenital heart disease, or other chronic pulmonary disease.
• A diagnosed developmental condition (e.g. Autism spectrum disorder or significant developmental delay) identified in the child's medical record that could impact the transition of responsibility for inhaled asthma medications from caregiver to child.
• If the child or family is currently enrolled in a study conducted by The Preventive Care Program for Urban Children with Asthma (led by Dr. Jill Halterman).

Where it is running

• University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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