Telephone Coaches to Improve Control of Asthma in Children ( PARTNER) Study)

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

984 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2014-05-03

Brief Summary

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Parents of children with asthma must work with their child's pediatrician to ensure that their child's asthma is managed well. Asthma coaches are one way to facilitate and support the relationship between parents and pediatricians. This study will evaluate whether access to a 12-month telephone asthma coaching program for parents is an effective way to improve asthma outcomes in children.

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Detailed Description

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Asthma is the most common long-term disease among children. Each year, most children with asthma will have at least one asthma exacerbation, experience asthma symptoms on approximately 100 days, and miss 4 days of school because of asthma. Surveys of primary care physicians (PCPs) and asthma patients have indicated that asthma care is episodic, effective asthma controller medications are underused, and few PCPs provide self-management education or support for parents of children with asthma. Previous research showed that when an asthma coach worked with parents of children from low-income, urban neighborhoods, there were multiple benefits: improved self-management behaviors, reduced asthma hospitalizations, and improved rates of follow-up with a PCP after an emergency department visit for asthma symptoms. In this study, researchers will evaluate the effectiveness of an asthma coach program in a larger, general asthma population. Trained asthma coaches will work with parents of children with asthma to provide education about the goals of asthma care, and they will encourage and facilitate an active partnership between the family and PCP to enhance asthma care and improve self-management behaviors. Study researchers will then evaluate the effectiveness of this program at improving asthma control and quality of life among children with asthma. The cost effectiveness of the program will also be analyzed.

This study will enroll pediatricians and parents of children between 5 and 12 years old who have persistent asthma. Pediatricians will be randomly assigned to either the asthma coach program or usual care. All pediatricians will receive access to the Education in Quality Improvement for Pediatric Practice (eQIPP) module for asthma care provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics. They will also receive articles about effective doctor-parent communication on asthma and asthma billing practices. In addition, pediatricians taking part in the asthma coach program will attend two meetings to learn about asthma coaching and how the program can be implemented into their practice. For 12 months, an asthma coach will work directly with the parents of children who see doctors participating in the asthma coaching group. Telephone calls with the asthma coach will be arranged at times convenient for the parent and will occur anywhere between once a week to once a month. At Months 12 and 24, about 40 parents of children in each pediatrician's practice will participate in telephone interviews and their children's medical charts will be reviewed to assess asthma control, asthma-related quality of life factors, and urgent care events.

Conditions

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Asthma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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1

Pediatricians and parents of children with asthma will participate in the asthma coaching program.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Asthma Coaching Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Parents will have access to an asthma coach for 12 months. Telephone calls between parents and coaches will occur anywhere from once a week to once a month.

2

Children of parents enrolled in the study will receive usual asthma care from their pediatrician.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Children of parents enrolled in the study will receive the normal asthma care that their pediatricians usually provide.

Interventions

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Asthma Coaching Program

Parents will have access to an asthma coach for 12 months. Telephone calls between parents and coaches will occur anywhere from once a week to once a month.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual Care

Children of parents enrolled in the study will receive the normal asthma care that their pediatricians usually provide.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Affiliated with St. Louis Children's Hospital and/or Washington University in St. Louis
* Provides asthma care for at least 40 asthmatic children from the target population

* Has a child who is between 3 and 12 years old with persistent asthma and who is cared for by a study pediatrician

Exclusion Criteria

* Spends less than 50% of their time in general pediatrics
* Is an asthma specialist (allergist or pulmonary specialist)
* Another physician in their practice is participating in the study

* Their asthmatic child is less than 3 years old or is 13 years or older at the time of study entry
* Their child has not had a physician diagnosis of asthma before study entry
* Their child has a significant comorbid condition
* Cannot speak English
* Does not have a phone

Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No