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Evaluation of a Shared Decision Making Portal for Pediatric Asthma

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Asthma
Interventions
Other: MyAsthma Patient Portal
Registration Number
NCT01715389
Lead Sponsor
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Brief Summary

This pilot intervention study will test the feasibility and acceptability and explore the outcomes of a primary care-based shared decision making (SDM) electronic medical record (EMR)-based portal that provides education, elicits and tracks patients/families' treatment concerns and goals, assesses symptoms and asthma control over time, and provides decision support to clinicians and families.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
81
Inclusion Criteria
  • Parents/legal guardians of children aged 6-12 with persistent asthma, currently receiving chronic maintenance therapy, cared for at a study practice, with consistent access to a computer with an internet connection where they feel comfortable accessing MyChart (patient portal)
  • Clinician at study site
Exclusion Criteria
  • parents non-english speaking
  • child's primary care provider at the time of enrollment is a pediatric resident
  • not meeting inclusion criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
InterventionMyAsthma Patient PortalParents in the intervention group will use the MyAsthma Patient Portal to receive enhanced educational information on asthma and its treatment, identify concerns and goals related to asthma treatment, track progress toward goals and management of concerns monthly, and track asthma symptoms monthly. Clinicians seeing intervention families at office visits will have access to information from the portal including concerns, goals, progress toward goals, and tracking of asthma symptoms.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Acceptability of the intervention to parents and clinicians24 months

Parents and clinicians will be asked a series of open-ended questions regarding themes including satisfaction, acceptability and unintended consequences of using the portal for intervention subjects and using MyChart in general for control subjects. Subjects will also be asked a series of Likert-scaled questions related to satisfaction.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Feasibility of Portal Use24 months

The feasibility of portal use will be assessed by the level of research team/other outside support needed.

Shared decision makingBaseline

Joint participation in decision-making will be measured by the Observing Parent Involvement (OPTION) scale.

Goal Attainment0 months, 3 months, 6 months then Monthly

Parents will identify one or more goals at the study start. Progress toward the goal(s) will be assessed at 3 and 6 month follow-up using Likert-scaled items for the control group, and monthly through use of the portal for the intervention group.

Parent Activation0 months, 3 months, 6 months

Parent activation will be measured by the Parent Patient Activation Measure (PPAM).

Asthma-Related Quality of Life0 months, 6 months

Asthma-related quality of life will be measured using The Integrated Therapeutics Group Child Asthma Short Form (ITG-CASF)

Asthma Control0 months, 6 months

Asthma control will be assessed using the Pediatric Asthma Control Tool (PACT)

Asthma-related Utilization3 months, 6 months

Utilization will be measured by parent report and chart review by the research team of the following:

Any primary care or subspecialty outpatient encounters relevant to asthma care, asthma-specific acute primary care visits or Urgent Care Center visits, asthma-specific Emergency Room visits, asthma-specific hospital admissions.

Asthma Medication Adherence/Receipt6 months

Prescribed medications for the treatment and management of asthma Type and number of prescriptions for asthma

Feasibility of Recruitment24 months

The feasibility of recruitment will be assessed by examining the proportion of all families contacted who meet enrollment criteria and the proportion of families meeting enrollment criteria who enroll.

Feasibility of Follow-up24 months

The feasibility of follow-up will be assessed by the proportion of enrolled families who complete each study measure.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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