The Community United to Challenge Asthma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma
• Interventions: Behavioral: mailed information; Behavioral: community health worker

• Registration Number: NCT01061424
• Lead Sponsor: Rush University Medical Center

Brief Summary

This study compares an asthma self-management intervention, delivered to the family and tailored to their needs and cultural beliefs, to standard asthma education in high-risk Puerto Rican children in elementary school. The primary outcomes are asthma medication adherence and trigger reduction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-10
• Study First Submitted: 2010-02-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-02-02
• Study First Posted: 2010-02-03
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2012-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-08-13
• Last Update Posted: 2012-08-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

• Puerto Rican
• In elementary school
• Diagnosed with asthma

Exclusion Criteria

• Not in school
• Mild intermittent asthma
• Well controlled asthma

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mailed information	mailed information	information on asthma is mailed to the home on the same schedule as the other arm
community health worker	community health worker	community health worker provides home visits for education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
medication adherence	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
trigger reduction	1 year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rush University Medical Center; 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States