NCT06878898

Impact of a Mobile Phone and Educational Intervention

Impact of a Mobile Phone and Educational Intervention on Health-related Quality of Life and Health Behaviors of African Americans With Asthma or COPD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 29 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kent State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study was to: 1. partner with African American churches to increase awareness of COPD. 2. use a community-based approach to facilitate early detection of COPD in the church setting. The pre-screening with a paper-based tool and spirometry testing were provided at community health fairs at the churches. 3. determine the impact of a combined intervention (education and mobile phone/text messages) on health related-related quality of life and health behaviors of African Americans with asthma and COPD. The study used a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design to assess the effect of the intervention (education and mobile text-messaging) on health-related quality of life and health behaviors recommended for improved COPD self-management. All participants received the educational component then were randomized to a control group and intervention group, in which participants received mobile phone-based text messages on improving health behaviors associated with better self-management of asthma and COPD.

Detailed description

This pilot study evaluated the feasibility and impact of a combined intervention on HRQOL and three health behaviors (nutrition, physical activity, avoiding triggers) in African Americans with asthma or COPD. This was a community-based intervention that recruited participants from six predominantly African American churches. African Americans over 18 years with asthma or COPD were randomized to control or intervention. Intervention received education (asthma COPD (ACOPD) Program) and a one-month text-messaging program, while control received the ACOPD Program alone. Measures were made at three- and 9-month follow-up. Independent and paired t-tests were used to examine HRQOL between groups and over time.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
• Asthma COPD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Education and mobile phone text-messaging	The investigators piloted a knowledge and mobile text-messaging intervention using a prospective group design, allocating 14 (asthma=8; COPD=6) and 15 (asthma=9; COPD=6) participants to control and intervention groups respectively, after stratifying by type of disease.
OTHER	Education only	Participants in the control group only received the educational intervention.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-01
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2025-03-17
• Last updated: 2025-03-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States