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Improving Parent Understanding of Instructions About Asthma Care
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New York City |
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New York |
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10016 |
| Conditions: |
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Asthma |
| Purpose: |
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Asthma has an especially great impact on poor urban children and their families. In
addition to higher asthma prevalence and morbidity, those in low SES urban areas are at risk
for low health literacy. Low health literacy is associated with poorer asthma outcomes.
The provision of a written asthma action plan has been shown to help with asthma management
and to reduce hospitalizations and ER visits. Poor urban families who may have low literacy
may need an alternative asthma action plan to convey the treatment plan.
This pilot study proposes to investigate whether a plain language asthma action plan can
improve parent understanding and adherence with medication instructions, compared to
standard written materials, among parents of children with asthma. This is an RCT in which
parents of children with asthma will be randomized to either receive a pictogram-based low
literacy asthma action plan, or a standard action plan (AAAAI), to examine whether those who
receive the low literacy plan have improved asthma action plan knowledge when presented with
a hypothetical scenario.
A second part of the study is to examine whether providers who are given the pictogram-based
low literacy asthma action plan will be more likely to counsel about certain aspects of
asthma management (eg. need for daily medications even when sick, spacer use, confusion
between everyday and rescue inhaler)compared to providers who receive use a standard action
plan (AAAAI). This is an RCT in which pediatric providers are randomized to counsel a
hypothetical patient using the pictogram-based action plan or the standard action plan
(AAAAI).
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| Study Summary: |
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| Criteria: |
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Parent study:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary caregiver / parent / legal guardian of child 2-12 years old
- Child with diagnosis of asthma
Exclusion Criteria:
- Parent not English or Spanish-speaking
Provider study:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Health providers who care for children with asthma
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| NCT ID: |
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NCT01405625 |
| Primary Contact: |
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Principal Investigator
Suzy Tomopoulos, MD
NYU School of Medicine
Suzy Tomopoulos, MD
Phone: 212-562-6042
Email: Soultana.Tomopoulos@nyumc.org
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| Backup Contact: |
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Email: yinh02@med.nyu.edu
Shonna (Hsiang) Yin, MD
Phone: 212-562-2821
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| Location Contact: |
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New York City, New York 10016
United States
Suzy Tomopoulos, MD
Phone: 212-562-6042
Email: Soultana.Tomopoulos@nyumc.org
Site Status: Recruiting |
| Data Source: |
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ClinicalTrials.gov |
| Date Processed: |
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May 17, 2013 |
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