Stress Management Intervention in Inner City Adolescents With Asthma

Phase 2

• Conditions: Psychosocial Stress; Asthma
• Interventions: Behavioral: Stress management program; Other: Peer viewed movies

• Registration Number: NCT01445015
• Lead Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Brief Summary

The study will utilize a stress management program delivered over 10 sessions that is hypothesized to result in decreased stress levels and improved coping strategies in an inner city adolescent asthma population. Participants will include adolescents ages 10-15 years with physician diagnosed asthma. The outcome measures will be obtained via psychosocial questionnaires and spirometry.

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 Start: 2011-07
• Status Verified: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2011-09-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-09-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-30
• Study First Posted: 2011-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2011-10-03
• Primary Completion: 2012-02
• Study Completion: 2012-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Ages 8-15 years of age
• Physician diagnosed asthma based on NHBLI guidelines
• English speaking
• Child assent/parental consent

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Exclusion Criteria

• Refusal of child assent/parental consent
• Non-English speaking
• History of psychiatric illness, autoimmune disease, HIV/AIDs, smoking history.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Stress management program	Stress management program	-
peer viewed movies	Peer viewed movies	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scope of change in perceived stress from enrollment to completion of study using the Perceived stress scale	5 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in coping as assessed by Kidcope	5 weeks
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in anxiety as measured by State Trait Inventory	5 weeks
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in quality of life as assessed by PAQLQ	5 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cornell Weill Pulmonary/Allergy pediatric clinics; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States