NCT02158338

Do Bonding Disruptions Occur More Often in Children With Asthma Than in Non-asthmatic Populations?

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ran Anbar · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Six studies have preceded this project. Three studies suggested that there is a significant connection between pediatric asthma and disruptions in maternal-infant bonding (Feinberg, 1988; Schwartz, 1988; Pennington, 1991). Three studies suggested that children with asthma benefit from a type of therapy that improves bonding with their mothers (Madrid, Ames, Skolek, \& Brown, 2000; Madrid, Ames, Horner, Brown, \& Navarrette, 2004; Madrid, Pennington, Brown \& Wolfe, 2011). This study proposes to study in a more thorough fashion the question of the incidence of bonding disruptions with between mothers and their children with asthma. This time there will be a larger sample, and more stringent criteria will used in assigning children to the asthma cohort. Through questions answered by mothers whose children have been said to have asthma, we will be able to decide if the children's respiratory conditions are likely to be attributable to asthma or more likely reflective of another respiratory condition such as vocal cord dysfunction or anxiety related hyperventilation (Anbar, 2014).

Conditions

• Asthma in Children
• Anxiety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Asthma	mothers who have children that have been diagnosed with respiratory issues
OTHER	Non-asthma	mothers who have children that do not have a diagnosis of respiratory problems

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2015-03-01
• Completion: 2015-03-01
• First posted: 2014-06-06
• Last updated: 2015-06-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States