Improving Asthma Care for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

University of Rochester1 site in 1 country192 target enrollmentJanuary 2003

ConditionsAsthma

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Asthma
Sponsor: University of Rochester
Enrollment: 192
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: To evaluate whether education about asthma improves parent knowledge about the disease and its management and to evaluate whether education about asthma influences healthy behaviors to reduce breathing problems
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 14 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Children born less than 1500 grams are being enrolled into a study to test the effectiveness of a parental educational intervention in reducing the risk of future breathing problems. The intervention teaches parents of these children how to reduce the risk of / and recognize breathing problems.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

January 2003

End Date

June 2006

Last Updated

14 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Rochester

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Premature babies weighing less than 1500 grams at birth receiving care at Strong Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion Criteria

•Non-English speaking parents

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To evaluate whether education about asthma improves parent knowledge about the disease and its management and to evaluate whether education about asthma influences healthy behaviors to reduce breathing problems

Time Frame: 7-9 months post discharge

Secondary Outcomes

To evaluate the feasibility of implementing the intervention in terms of cost and personnel time and to obtain parental feedback about the intervention.(1-3 years post baseline)