COPE for Children With Asthma: Intervention for Children With Asthma

Summary

Children with a chronic condition are at a significantly higher risk for anxiety and depression than those without a chronic condition. Asthma is the most common childhood chronic condition. Children with asthma and co-morbid anxiety and/or depression are at risk of poor health outcomes. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of a manualized cognitive behavior skills-building intervention on key physical and mental health outcomes in 8 to 12-year old children with persistent asthma and co-morbid anxiety and/or depression. The results of this study will inform a large scale randomized controlled trial to fully test this needed intervention.

COPE (Creating Opportunities for Personal Empowerment), developed by Dr. Melnyk, is a manualized intervention that has been implemented with children, adolescents, and young adults. COPE is a cognitive behavior skills-building program based on cognitive behavior theory. Results from previous studies using COPE have shown consistent decreases in anxiety and depression as well as an increase in healthy lifestyle behaviors in youth with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms in inner city and rural settings, youth with obesity, and teens experiencing chronic recurrent headaches. However, the COPE program has never been adapted and tested with children who have persistent asthma. This study proposes to test an adaptation of this evidence-based program, "COPE for Asthma," with 8 to 12-year-old children with persistent asthma and elevated anxiety and/or depressive symptoms. COPE for Asthma combines components of asthma education with cognitive behavioral skills. This novel adaptation could fill a gap in research by providing a scalable intervention for this highly vulnerable population.

Conditions

• Childhood Asthma
• Childhood Anxiety Disorder
• Childhood Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

COPE for Asthma

The intervention will consist of 7 weekly sessions (30 minutes each). COPE for Asthma is a manualized, cognitive behavior skills-building intervention to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of children with asthma and elevated symptoms of anxiety or depression.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• American Nurses Foundation

  collaborator OTHER

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing

  collaborator OTHER

• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Sigma Theta Tau Epsilon Branch

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Ohio State University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Colleen McGovern, PhD(c) · Ohio State University

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-07-15

Primary Completion

2018-05-21

Completion

2018-05-21

Countries

• United States

Study Locations