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Family-Focused, Stress-Reduction Program to Improve the Health Care of Urban Children With Asthma

NCT00384813 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 43

Last updated 2014-07-28

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Summary

Stress and anxiety can negatively affect children with asthma. Reducing the stress of asthmatic children and their families may lead to improved asthma care and fewer asthma symptoms in the children. The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a family-focused asthma education program aimed at reducing stress levels and improving asthma care for urban children with asthma.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Project ASPIRE Home-Based Family Intervention

Home-based psychoeducational family intervention jointly conducted by psychology postdoctoral fellow and respiratory therapist over 4 months

BEHAVIORAL

Project ASPIRE Enhanced Treatment As Usual

Psychoeducational family intervention addressing the written asthma action plan during a single home visit, conducted by a respiratory therapist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Emory University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marianne P. Celano, PhD · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-04-30
Completion
2009-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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