An interventional study of Targeted text messages and General text messages in Asthma, sponsored by Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Status unknown at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 17 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-11-22.
Sponsored by Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
BACKGROUND Asthma is a prevalent and troublesome pediatric condition. In 2013, Emergency Department (ED) providers treated over 3,500 cases of asthma-related complaints at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Pediatric ED visits for asthma exceeds billions of dollars annually when including direct cost and lost productivity. Many of these visits and resultant costs are avoidable. Patients with well-controlled asthma do not typically exhibit these patterns, while patients with poorly controlled asthma show patterns of increased utilization of healthcare resources and lower quality of life. Evidence suggests that a text message reminder and educational program might positively influence pediatric asthma care practices.
RESEARCH QUESTION Does a targeted ED based text message intervention program improve outpatient follow-up and routine preventive care in pediatric asthma patients?
METHODS Study subjects will be block randomized based on age and insurance group. The experimental group will receive text messages with guidance towards follow-up care with their PCP and the importance of the flu vaccine for children with asthma. The control group will receive a series of educational self-care and health based text messages unrelated to asthma or the flu vaccine. Some self-report of behaviors will be captured via text message response.
ANALYSIS Primary outcomes for the educational versus targeted text message groups will be compared use Chi-square tests. Additional adjustments may be applied for missing data or if, despite randomization, there is substantial imbalance between group in key covariates (eg race/ethnicity, insurance type or asthma severity.)
3,921 studies on the registry are indexed under Asthma; 507 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 195 is above the median of 83 across 2,752 interventional studies indexed under Asthma.
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Caregivers of patients aged 4 - 17 years (inclusive) will be eligible for study participation if they meet the following criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Caregivers of patients will be excluded from this study for the following reasons:
Co-morbid respiratory disease:
Subjects receive general, health-related text messages applicable for children with asthma.
Behavioral: General text messages
Subjects receive specific, targeted text messages for post-emergency department discharge asthma care.
Behavioral: Targeted text messages
Subjects received text messages specific to post ED asthma follow-up
Subjects received text messages generalized to children with asthma
Follow-up care with primary care provider
Assessed via text and follow-up call if no response to text message
Time frame: 1 week after emergency department discharge
Influenza vaccine
Assessed via text and follow-up call if no response to text message
Time frame: 30 days after emergency department discharge
Return visit to the emergency department
Assessed via text and follow-up call if no response to text message; Our health record also checked for return visits
Time frame: 30 days after the inaugural emergency department visit
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