Mobile Technology and Online Tools to Improve Asthma Control in Adolescents
Condition: Asthma
MeSH terms: Asthma
Study type: Interventional
Phase: Phase 2

Summary: 
      This project will preliminarily validate CampAir, an empirically-based dynamic e-health
      intervention (based on the evidence-based ASMA) to assist adolescents with uncontrolled
      asthma to learn how to manage their illness and improve their asthma control. In addition to
      developing a highly novel product for adolescents with asthma, the research proposed for this
      project will address unique scientific questions. Despite the high asthma prevalence among
      adolescents, few interventions have specifically targeted adolescents. This study is
      innovative in that it is among the few to focus on adolescents, who are often overlooked by
      the healthcare system. This research will assess factors associated with successful
      implementation of CampAir, thereby providing new information regarding how e-health
      interventions can be effectively developed and implemented for use with adolescents with
      asthma.
    

Detailed description: 
      Asthma has high prevalence and morbidity among adolescents, especially urban Hispanic and
      African American teenagers. Despite this, few interventions have specifically targeted
      adolescents. School-based and web-based asthma interventions have shown to be effective with
      younger children, yet few have been developed and tested for adolescents. Investigators have
      developed Camp Air, an engaging dynamic e-learning intervention to help adolescents with
      uncontrolled asthma to manage their illness and to improve their asthma control. Camp Air
      consists of seven online modules with one module being completed each week over seven weeks.
      Each module provides a brief introduction to the topics and strategies focused on in that
      module followed by a set of interactive exercises and games for practice and personalized
      feedback. The investigators will conduct a two group randomized pilot trial with up to 80,
      9th - 12th graders with uncontrolled asthma in order (a) to assess the preliminary
      intervention effects of Camp Air, and (b) to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of
      Camp Air. In order to evaluate CAMP Air's utility as both a school- and home-based
      intervention, adolescents will be enrolled from two sites: 1) NYC public schools (n=up to
      38), or 2) the national asthma community at large (n=up to 42). Investigators will also
      evaluate the reach, acceptability, generalizability, and sustainability of Camp Air using the
      RE-AIM approach. Investigators hypothesize that over one month post-intervention, relative to
      controls, Camp Air participants will show significantly greater improvement in asthma-related
      outcomes. Investigators also hypothesize that ratings and software usage indices will
      demonstrate that Camp Air is a feasible, usable, and acceptable intervention for use with
      adolescents. Investigators will also explore evidence of a dose-response in which
      participants who spend more time engaged with the e-training materials show greater positive
      change.
    

Intervention name(s): CampAir; Information and Referral
Intervention type(s): Behavioral; Behavioral
Intervention description(s): CampAir is a dynamic e-learning intervention to help adolescents with uncontrolled asthma to manage their illness and to improve their asthma control. CampAir consists of seven online modules with one module being completed each week over seven weeks. Each module provides a brief introduction to the topics and strategies focused on in that module followed by a set of interactive exercises and games for practice and personalized feedback.; The information and referral comparator condition will provide access to existing generic asthma education websites. They will also be referred to their medical providers for asthma. After the completion of the trial, all participants will have access to CampAir.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care
Keywords: Asthma; Adolescents; e-Health; Intervention