Coaching in Childhood Asthma

The Washington University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: Coaching, providing social support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00910585

ES08711

Details and patient eligibility

About

Asthma among low-income, minority children remains a prime example of health disparities that are resistant to change. Demonstrations of reductions in disproportionate hospitalizations in controlled trials are limited. We performed a controlled clinical trial of an Asthma Coach to reduce hospitalizations among low-income, African American children.

Enrollment: 191 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers of children with asthma 2-8 years of age and hospitalized for an acute exacerbation, with Medicaid insurance, and living in St. Louis City

Exclusion criteria

• Other respiratory disease present

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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191 participants in 2 patient groups

Active coaching

Experimental group

Description:

Telephone and in person coaching

Treatment:

Behavioral: Coaching, providing social support

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Return to PCP for usual care

Treatment:

Behavioral: Coaching, providing social support