Virtual Teach-to-Goal Education vs. Brief Education for Children

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Conditions studied: Asthma, Bronchospasm, Shortness of Breath

In brief

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of two different ways to teach hospitalized children how to use a metered dose inhaler and to follow-up after discharge home from the hospital to determine durability of the education.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04373499

Run by

University of Chicago

People needed

70

Starts

2019-01-16

Expected to finish

2020-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-29

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The child is between the ages of 5-10 years old
• The child is admitted for an asthma exacerbation, wheezing, or bronchospasm
• The child is admitted to the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Service at Comer Children's Hospital
• The child is prescribed albuterol

You may not qualify if…

• The child/parent decline or unable to provide consent/assent, do not speak/read English
• The child cannot use an inhaler by themselves without a mask
• The child previously participated in this study
• The child is currently in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)

Where it is running

• University of Chicago Medicine — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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