A Multifaceted Prompting Intervention for Urban Children With Asthma

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall goal of this project is to evaluate whether a multifaceted prompting intervention, administered in the urban primary care office setting, reduces morbidity among urban children with asthma. This study builds on our experience with a pilot study in two urban continuity clinics, in which we found that prompting clinicians about asthma severity and care guidelines at the time of an office visit resulted in improved preventive care delivery to inner-city children. This type of prompting program has the potential to substantially improve care for impoverished children with asthma, and we propose to establish: 1) whether these findings can be replicated in a similar study including a larger sample of urban children from different types of practices, and 2) whether the positive effects can be enhanced by more specific prompting directed towards both the provider and the caregiver and by providing practice-level supports and feedback. We hypothesize that children receiving a multifaceted prompting intervention (MPI) will experience less asthma-related morbidity (defined by symptom-free days at the 2-month follow-up) compared to children receiving usual care. Our secondary hypothesis is that children receiving the MPI will receive improved preventive asthma care (defined by guideline-based corrective actions taken at the index visit) compared to children receiving usual care.

Official Title
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A Multifaceted Prompting Intervention for Urban Children With Asthma

Conditions
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Asthma

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Multifaceted Prompting Intervention MPI


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Physician-diagnosed asthma Mild persistent or more severe asthma severity, or poor asthma control Age >2 and <12 years. Parent or caregiver must give permission to the study, and children >7 will must provide assent. Exclusion Criteria: Inability to speak and understand English or Spanish No access to a working phone for follow-up surveys The child having other significant medical conditions, Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian. Prior enrollment in the study. Child will not be seen by a physician or nurse practitioner during their visit

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 2 Years
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| No Intervention: Standard Care<br>Parents of children in the standard care group will complete the baseline assessment, but no asthma prompt will be created for either the caregiver or provider, and no information regarding the interview will be shared with the provider. After the baseline assessment, the office visit will proceed according to usual care. | |
| Experimental: Multifaceted Prompting Intervention<br>Multifaceted Prompting Intervention | Behavioral: Multifaceted Prompting Intervention MPI<br>* Practices assigned to the MPI group will receive a simple prompt given to the provider at the time of the visit with information regarding the child's symptoms, medication use, environmental exposures, and recommendations for guideline-based preventive care. Practices will receive brief interactive seminars, resource guides, access to free asthma education programs, and practice-level feedback regarding their performance on key outcome measures. Caregivers will receive a simple prompt, community resources, and a blank asthma action plan form.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Symptom Free Days | The primary outcome is asthma morbidity measured by the number of symptom-free asthma days (SFD) reported over 2 weeks at the 2-month follow-up assessment. | 2 month follow-up assessment | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Number of Children Who Received Guideline-based Asthma Care During the Intervention Visit. | The number of children who received guideline-based asthma care (eg: inhaled steroid prescription, counseling for triggers, counseling for adherence) at the intervention visit based on parent interview at the 2-week follow-up and medical record review. | 2 week follow-up, and medical record review |