Do Bonding Disruptions Occur More Often in Children With Asthma Than in Non-asthmatic Populations?

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Asthma in Children
• Interventions: Other: Non-asthma; Other: Asthma

• Registration Number: NCT02158338
• Lead Sponsor: Ran Anbar

Brief Summary

Six studies have preceded this project. Three studies suggested that there is a significant connection between pediatric asthma and disruptions in maternal-infant bonding (Feinberg, 1988; Schwartz, 1988; Pennington, 1991). Three studies suggested that children with asthma benefit from a type of therapy that improves bonding with their mothers (Madrid, Ames, Skolek, \& Brown, 2000; Madrid, Ames, Horner, Brown, \& Navarrette, 2004; Madrid, Pennington, Brown \& Wolfe, 2011).

This study proposes to study in a more thorough fashion the question of the incidence of bonding disruptions with between mothers and their children with asthma. This time there will be a larger sample, and more stringent criteria will used in assigning children to the asthma cohort. Through questions answered by mothers whose children have been said to have asthma, we will be able to decide if the children's respiratory conditions are likely to be attributable to asthma or more likely reflective of another respiratory condition such as vocal cord dysfunction or anxiety related hyperventilation (Anbar, 2014).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-06
• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-06
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Study Completion: 2015-03
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-29
• Last Update Posted: 2015-06-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Biological mothers of male and female children between 2 and 12 years of age who live with or have contact with their children
• English is the primary language of the biological mother

Exclusion Criteria

• Mothers of children only below 2 or above 12 years of age
• Mothers of children thought to have a chronic health condition other than asthma
• Mothers who have already completed a questionnaire with another child

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-asthma	Non-asthma	Mothers of children without diagnosed respiratory problems
Asthma	Asthma	Mothers of children thought to have asthma

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of subjects with asthma and/or maternal infant bonding issues	Day 1	A questionnaire will be scored by a pediatric pulmonologist and a psychologist

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

SUNY Upstate Medical University; 🇺🇸 Syracuse, New York, United States