Asthma in the Delta Region of Arkansas (ADRA): Prevalence and Morbidity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 964
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The findings suggest that asthma diagnosis and active symptoms are prevalent among this predominately minority and low-income rural population in the Arkansas region of the Mississippi Delta.
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the study is to conduct a cross-sectional study to examine asthma prevalence and morbidity in a predominately minority, low-income population in rural Arkansas.
详细描述
Asthma is the leading chronic disease of childhood in the United States and an important public health concern in Arkansas. Arkansas, a predominately rural state, has one of the leading mortality rates in the nation for African Americans. The specific aims of the study will examine asthma prevalence in children age 4-17 years old in public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas. The study will also examine asthma morbidity among identified asthmatics by characterizing activity limitation, days missed from school, daytime and nocturnal symptoms, healthcare utilization and medication use. The specific aims of the current study will provide novel data on an understudied population of asthmatics and will test our working hypotheses that pediatric asthma prevalence in the Delta region of Arkansas is higher than national estimates; and asthma diagnosis is related to significant morbidity among rural asthmatics.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Ecologic Or Community
- 时间视角
- Cross Sectional
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Children aged 4-17 years, enrolled in the public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas.
排除标准
- •Children aged 18 or older enrolled in the public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas were excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
The findings suggest that asthma diagnosis and active symptoms are prevalent among this predominately minority and low-income rural population in the Arkansas region of the Mississippi Delta.
时间窗: One year
次要结局
- High rates of inadequately controlled asthma are evidenced by activity limitation, medication use and increased healthcare utilization.(One year)