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Comparing Asthma Action Plans for Pediatric Asthma

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, November 2005

Sponsors and Collaborators: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Katherine B. Anderson Associates Endowment Fund
Information provided by: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00136305
  Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the relative effectiveness of two asthma action plans (pictorial versus written) in terms of asthma action plan knowledge, medication use, and family satisfaction with asthma education.


Condition Intervention Phase
Asthma
Device: Pictorial asthma action plan
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics:   Asthma   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Interventional
Study Design:   Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:   Relative Effectiveness of Pictorial and Written Asthma Action Plans for Pediatric Asthma

Further study details as provided by Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • after one month: scores on the Asthma Action Plan Knowledge Interview and Family Satisfaction Survey, and mean daily adherence to controller medication and total number of puffs of rescue medication inhaled

Estimated Enrollment:   80
Study Start Date:   August 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date:   November 2005

Detailed Description:

Asthma medical regimens are complex for families, requiring changes in the types and amounts of medication based on the frequency and intensity of symptoms. Written asthma action plans (AAP’s) are commonly used to provide a set of instructions to help parents and children implement these complicated regimens. However, written AAP’s require substantial literacy levels, so for younger children, low-literacy families, or non-English speaking families, a pictorial version of the AAP may be more understandable and useful. The study aims to validate a newly developed, fully pictorial AAP in terms of its relative impact on parent- and child-reported knowledge of the action plan, medication use, and parent- and child-reported satisfaction, when compared to a standard-care written AAP.

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   6 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Children who are new patients
  • Receive a diagnosis of persistent asthma
  • Are in need of an asthma action plan

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with intermittent asthma
  • An established patient who already has an asthma action plan
  • Not English or Spanish speaking
  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00136305

Locations
United States, Missouri
The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics     Recruiting
      Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108
      Contact: Jade A Bender, BA     816-234-3193     jabender@cmh.edu    
      Sub-Investigator: Jade A Bender, BA            

Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Katherine B. Anderson Associates Endowment Fund

Investigators
Principal Investigator:     Christina D Adams, PhD     The Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics    
  More Information


Study ID Numbers:   04 08-102E, KBR 01.4182
First Received:   August 26, 2005
Last Updated:   June 6, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00136305
Health Authority:   United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City:
pediatric asthma  
asthma action plans  
patient education  
medication adherence  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Hypersensitivity
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Lung Diseases
Hypersensitivity, Immediate
Asthma
Respiratory Hypersensitivity

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Immune System Diseases
Bronchial Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 30, 2008




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