Feasibility of an ED Initiated Online Asthma Management Program for Urban Teens

Summary

The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility of conducting a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an online, Emergency Department-initiated asthma management intervention designed to reduce asthma-related morbidity among urban teenagers aged 13-19 years with uncontrolled asthma. The study will examine issues around recruitment, participant compliance with the study protocol, Internet access, and attrition. Investigators will first develop a protocol for recruiting 13-19 year old patients with acute asthma into an ED-initiated pilot trial of an online asthma management program, describing recruitment and refusal rates. Investigators will measure participant compliance with the pilot study protocol including 4 online sessions and a 6 month survey. Investigators will also measure compliance of the participants parents at baseline and a six month follow up. Investigators will then use pilot study results to describe the intervention effect on selected outcomes including ED visits, asthma control as measured by Asthma Control Questionnaire, functional limitations, quality of life, and behavior change.

Conditions

• Acute Asthma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tailored asthma management program

web-based, computer-tailored asthma management intervention delivered every week for 4 weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Generic web-based education

Generic, web-based asthma education

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan

  collaborator OTHER

• Children's Hospital of Michigan

  collaborator OTHER

• Augusta University

  collaborator OTHER

• Henry Ford Health System

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Christine LM Joseph, PhD, MPH · Henry Ford Health System

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

13 Years

Max Age

19 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-10-31

Primary Completion

2015-03-31

Completion

2015-03-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations