Status:

COMPLETED

Telemedicine Education for Rural Children With Asthma

Lead Sponsor:

Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Arkansas

Conditions:

Asthma

Eligibility:

All Genders

7-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The investigators will implement an interactive school-based telemedicine education program for rural low-income, minority children with asthma, their caregivers, and school nurses in the Delta region...

Detailed Description

The investigators will conduct a prospective study to examine the impact of an interactive, telemedicine asthma intervention among children living in the rural Delta region of Arkansas.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Study participants will be English-speaking children ages 7-17 years with physician-diagnosed asthma and/or active symptoms in the previous 12 months.
  • Active symptoms include one or more of the following:
  • experience daytime wheezing, shortness of breath, and/or coughing two or more times a week for the last 4 weeks;
  • nighttime wheezing, shortness of breath and/or cough more than once a week;
  • take asthma medication more than two days a week;
  • have been treated in a hospital or emergency department two or more times in the last two years for asthma symptoms;
  • have been treated in a hospital or emergency department two or more times in the last two years for asthma symptoms have episodes of asthma-like symptoms when playing/exercising.
  • Potentially eligible participants will be screened using an asthma screener to confirm eligibility.

Exclusion

  • Children with significant underlying respiratory disease other than asthma (such as cystic fibrosis) or significant co-morbid conditions (such as severe developmental delay or cerebral palsy) will be excluded from the study.
  • The primary caregiver and child will be asked questions via telephone interview about how asthma affects the child every day. Children with no telephone number or contact telephone number will be excluded.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2015

Estimated Enrollment :

106 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00964301

Start Date

August 1 2009

End Date

March 1 2015

Last Update

September 12 2017

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Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202