NCT01170676

Promoting Asthma Wellness in Rural Communities

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 700 (actual)
• Sponsor: Augusta University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a research study that compares the effectiveness of a web-based program (known as Puff City) and another web-based program (of internet sites such as the American Lung Association, American Academy of Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology, etc) that targets five key asthma management issues among rural youth: 1. Improving adherence to asthma controller medication use; 2. Improving compliance of carrying a rescue inhaler at all times for use at the first sign of asthma symptoms; 3. Improving inhaler technique; 4. Smoking reduction or cessation in those who are smokers; and 5. Avoidance of second-hand smoke exposure.

Detailed description

A randomized control trial across three southeastern rural high schools comparing a web-based tailored intervention (known as Puff City) to web-based traditional control education sites.

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Puff City GA	Puff City GA focuses on three areas of health behavior: 1) adherence to controller medications; 2) immediate availability of rescue medication; 3)smoking cessation/reduction.
BEHAVIORAL	General Asthma Education	Students will be directed to generic public websites on asthma and smoking that contain helpful information on general asthma management.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2012-05-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2010-07-27
• Last updated: 2015-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States