Promoting Asthma Wellness in Rural Communities

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Asthma

• Registration Number: NCT01170676
• Lead Sponsor: Augusta University

Brief Summary

This is a research study that compares the effectiveness of a web-based program (known as Puff City) and another web-based program (of internet sites such as the American Lung Association, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, etc) that targets five key asthma management issues among rural youth:

1. Improving adherence to asthma controller medication use;

2. Improving compliance of carrying a rescue inhaler at all times for use at the first sign of asthma symptoms;

3. Improving inhaler technique;

4. Smoking reduction or cessation in those who are smokers; and

5. Avoidance of second-hand smoke exposure.

Detailed Description

A randomized control trial across three southeastern rural high schools comparing a web-based tailored intervention (known as Puff City) to web-based traditional control education sites.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2009-08
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-07-26
• Study First Posted: 2010-07-27
• Primary Completion: 2012-05
• Study Completion: 2014-05
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-29
• Last Update Posted: 2015-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 700

Inclusion Criteria

• AA ethnicity
• in 9th - 11th grade of selected rural schools
• have an asthma diagnosis and/or asthma-like symptoms by screening eligible on the Lung Health Survey
• have access to a telephone or mobile phone
• being the parent of a student meeting the above criteria with whom the student resides the majority of the time.

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meeting the above criteria.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Days of asthma symptoms; personal cigarette smoking and cessation; and days of school missed because of asthma, measured by self report	baseline, end of treatment, 6 months, 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in exhaled nitric oxide and active and passive smoke exposure, measured by salivary cotinine.	baseline, end of treatment, 6 months, 12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Georgia Health Sciences University; 🇺🇸 Augusta, Georgia, United States