NCT00967720CompletedNot Applicable
Qualitative Analysis of the Barriers to Adherence With Asthma Controller Medication Among Inner City African American Adolescents as Identified Through Focus Group Data
Conditions
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Focus groups explored whether a new communication medium improved adherence to asthma controller medications and to examine existing barriers to adherence among four urban African American adolescents with uncontrolled moderate persistent asthma
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Poor adherence to appropriate asthma medications is an important risk factor contributing to high asthma morbidity and mortality in urban African American adolescents. As part of the ADEPT (Adolescent Disease Empowerment and Persistency Technology) for Asthma Pilot 2 study, a focus group was developed specifically to explore existing barriers to adherence among inner city African American adolescent asthmatics.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Other
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 15 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •12-18 years of age
- •self identify as African American
- •have persistent asthma
- •read at a minimum fourth grade reading level
- •be on a prescribed daily inhaled corticosteroid medication for asthma
Exclusion Criteria
- •candidate refusal or presence of other co-morbidities
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Focus groups explored whether a new communication medium improved adherence to asthma controller medications and to examine existing barriers to adherence among four urban African American adolescents with uncontrolled moderate persistent asthma
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
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