Home Visits to Optimize Medical and Educational Success Among Sacramento Schoolchildren With Asthma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic School Absenteeism; Asthma
• Interventions: Behavioral: Home Visit; Behavioral: Standard Care

• Registration Number: NCT03335046
• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Davis

Brief Summary

This study will establish a multi-disciplinary home visitation team consisting of a medical provider and school teacher or staff member, and will evaluate whether a series of visits from this team will help decrease school absenteeism among children with asthma.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-11-03
• Study First Posted: 2017-11-07
• Study Start: 2017-11-29
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-01
• Study Completion: 2019-07-30
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

• Students in elementary school (K-6) in the Sacramento City Unified School District
• Identified as at risk for chronic absenteeism based on previous year and/or first 8 weeks of school year
• Have a current diagnosis of asthma

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Exclusion Criteria

• Underlying chronic conditions such as cystic fibrosis, chronic lung disease with oxygen dependence, immunodeficiency syndromes

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Home Visit	The intervention arm will receive the home visit intervention, consisting of 2 visits to the home by a team consisting of a pediatric medical provider and a school teacher or school support staff member. This team will evaluate the child's home environment to assess for potential asthma triggers that may lead to school absenteeism, and provide strategies and material goods to help reduce those triggers.
Wait-List Control	Standard Care	The control group will receive standard interventions carried out by the school system for students at risk for chronic absenteeism. Following the study observation period, this control group will then receive the home visits performed for the intervention group.
Wait-List Control	Home Visit	The control group will receive standard interventions carried out by the school system for students at risk for chronic absenteeism. Following the study observation period, this control group will then receive the home visits performed for the intervention group.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Missed School Days	One academic year	The number of school days missed over the course of an academic year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healthcare Utilization	One academic year	Number of emergency department or urgent care visits for asthma
Asthma Symptom Report	One academic year	Patient and family self-report of number of days where asthma symptoms were experienced, collected monthly
Asthma Control Test	One academic year	Numeric score from the Childhood Asthma Control Test, collected monthly

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of California Davis; 🇺🇸 Sacramento, California, United States