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NCT Number: NCT00218803

Teaching Children With Asthma and Who Live in a Rural Setting How to Self-Manage Their Asthma

To determine if teaching rural children with asthma and their parents about appropriate medication use, asthma triggers unique to a rural setting and increasing access to medical care will result in a decrease in emergency department visits.

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Key information

Conditions

Asthma Bronchial Diseases Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

5 year–12 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

About this study

Many self-management asthma interventions have demonstrated increase in asthma knowledge, reduced emergency department visits, increased self-efficacy and quality of life. The type of self-management interventions, specifically individualized and interactive educational interventions, have been suggested to have the strongest effect on asthma morbidity. Few studies have tested asthma self-management educational interventions in increasing knowledge, self-efficacy and quality of life in rural pediatric populations. The goal of this study was to test the effectiveness of an asthma educational intervention in improving asthma knowledge in rural children and their parent/caregivers. We hypothesized that an interactive asthma educational intervention would increase parent/caregiver and child asthma knowledge resulting in decreased emergency room visits in rural families of children with asthma.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Physician diagnosed asthma, attend elementary school in rural county agreeing to participate

Exclusion criteria

Participation in another asthma study or having other respiratory illness such as cystic fibrosis, BPD

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Treatment and study plan

Nurse asthma education intervention

Behavioral

Asthma Education

Control Group

Behavioral

Asthma Education

Primary outcomes

  1. Decrease in emergency department visits

    Time frame: 10 months or 1 school year

Secondary outcomes

  1. Asthma Education

    Time frame: 10 months or 1 school year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Nih

Registry information

Official study title

A+ Asthma Rural Partnership

Important dates

Study start
2000
Primary completion
2005
Study completion
2005
First posted
Sep 22, 2005
Registry last updated
Sep 5, 2008

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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