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NICU Asthma Education and Secondhand Smoke Reduction Study

NCT00499915 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 165

Last updated 2015-11-23

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Summary

Premature infants have a significantly increased risk for developing respiratory illnesses and asthma. Secondhand smoke (SHS) also is clearly associated with increased breathing problems in children, thus exposure to smoke makes it substantially more likely for a premature infant to develop wheezing. The overall goal of this study is to test whether comprehensive asthma education combined with a home-based secondhand smoke reduction program can reduce exposure to smoke and prevent respiratory illness among premature infants. Our hypotheses are:

* More premature infants whose families receive asthma education combined with a SHS reduction intervention will live in smoke-free environments compared to infants receiving only asthma education (control group).
* Caregivers receiving the SHS reduction program will have higher rates of quit attempts and less relapse into smoking compared to caregivers in the control group.
* Infants whose families receive the combined intervention will experience less respiratory illness compared to infants in the control group.

Conditions

  • Respiratory Illness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Secondhand Smoke Reduction and Smoking Cessation Counseling

A secondhand smoke reduction program, including smoking cessation counseling (if appropriate), and feedback about the children's cotinine levels will be implemented using principles of Motivational Interviewing.

BEHAVIORAL

Asthma Education

Asthma education will be provided at NICU discharge.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Halcyon Hill Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Rochester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH · University of Rochester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-02-28
Primary Completion
2015-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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