Talking Card for Asthma



Status:Completed
Conditions:Asthma
Therapuetic Areas:Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:4 - 11
Updated:4/21/2016
Start Date:November 2009
End Date:October 2012

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The Talking Card for Asthma: A Recordable Audio Discharge Instruction Device to Improve Asthma Control

The research goal is to explore the use and effects of a custom-recordable audio discharge
instruction card (Talking Card) in the pediatric health care setting. This study will
address a primary, experimental research question: can pediatric asthma control be improved
through the distribution of a custom-recorded audio asthma instruction card to parents at
the health provider's office? Secondary, descriptive objectives will be to evaluate
feasibility of Talking Card delivery and to collect and summarize parental reactions to the
design and use of the audio discharge instruction card.

The specific aims of this study are:

1. To compare the change in mean Childhood Asthma Control Test (C-ACT) scores for children
aged 4 through 11 years with uncontrolled asthma receiving a custom-recorded asthma
instruction card to the change in mean C-ACT scores for those receiving usual care.

2. To measure the use and impressions of a custom-recordable audio asthma discharge
instruction card among primary caregivers of children with uncontrolled asthma through
quantitative and qualitative survey questions.

The investigators hypothesize that:

1) Asthma control in children 4 through 11 years of age with uncontrolled asthma, as
measured by the C-ACT, will improve to a greater extent among those receiving a
custom-recordable audio discharge instruction card than among those receiving usual care.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Child age 4 through 11 years old

- English-speaking primary caregiver

- Enrollment in Medicaid insurance company within 12 months of study recruitment
(original Kansas City site criterion, removed on revision)

- Diagnosis of asthma (ICD-9 code 493.0) within 12 months of study recruitment

- Visit to study site clinic for asthma within 12 months of study recruitment

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of premature birth less than 33 weeks gestation or requirement of a
significant level of respiratory care including mechanical ventilation as a neonate

- Any major chronic illness including but not limited to non-skin cancer, cystic
fibrosis, bronchiectasis, sickle cell anemia, endocrine disease, congenital heart
disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, severe hypertension, insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus, renal failure, liver disorders, immunodeficiency states,
significant neuro-developmental delay or behavioral disorders (excluding mild
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), or other conditions that would interfere
with participation in the study

- Visit to any primary care provider giving asthma action plan advice during the
previous month

- Anticipated departure from study area before study period ends (3-month follow-up)
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2401 Gillham Rd
Kansas City, Missouri 64108
(816) 234-3000
Children's Mercy Hospital Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics continues redefining pediatric medicine throughout the Midwest...
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4202 E Fowler Ave
Tampa, Florida 33620
(813) 974-2011
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