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

September 3, 2008 updated by: National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

A+ Asthma Rural Partnership

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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

220

Phase

  • Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287
        • Johns Hopkins University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

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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Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: 1
Behavioral: Nurse asthma education intervention
Asthma Education
Other: 2
Behavioral: Control Group
Asthma Education

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Decrease in emergency department visits
Time Frame: 10 months or 1 school year
10 months or 1 school year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Asthma Education
Time Frame: 10 months or 1 school year
10 months or 1 school year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Arlene M Butz, SCD,MSN,BSN, Johns Hopkins University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2000

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2005

Study Completion (Actual)

March 1, 2005

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 20, 2005

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 20, 2005

First Posted (Estimate)

September 22, 2005

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

September 5, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 3, 2008

Last Verified

September 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HBV 99-01-11-01
  • 5R01NR005062-04 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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