Effect of Home Health Case Management on Asthma Morbidity

NCT01451944 | Withdrawn

• 1 other identifier: 11.0320
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: N/A
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of our program is to evaluate the effect of home health nurse intervention and education on hospital admissions, ER utilization and asthma control of Passport asthma patients. The investigators hypothesize that case management and in home education by nurses will decrease hospitalizations and ER asthma visits and improves disease control in our population. Our clinic population consists of primarily inner-city, low income, medicaid recipients. This population suffers from severe asthma much more than the typical pediatric population. Asthma remains the most frequent cause of hospital admission for our patient population. Home health nurse asthma education and home visits have been reported to reduce asthma triggers in the home and improve asthma control. The unique partnership between the pediatrician and the home health nurse will give us a better understanding of the health needs for this population, will improve quality of care and deliver more cost effective care.

Conditions

Asthma; Childhood Asthma

Keywords

Asthma; Home Health Nursing; Patient education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Decreased asthma hospitalization rates

  patients will be followed for 1 year

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

asthma education and case management

EXPERIMENTAL

asthma education and case management

Behavioral: education

Interventions

education BEHAVIORAL

home asthma case management and education

asthma education and case management

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children age 3-17 years with asthma who attend our clinic who present with an asthma exacerbation to the clinic, ER or hospital.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with airway anomalies or tracheostomy

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Louisville: lead

Study Sites (1)

Children and Youth Project

Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Interventions

Educational Status

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic Factors; Population Characteristics

Study Officials

• Judith A Theriot, MD

  University of Louisville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 4, 2011
• First Posted: October 14, 2011
• Study Start: October 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2014
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: December 2, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-12

Locations

US (1)