Delta Primary Care Provider (PCP) Survey on Asthma Management

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The proposed study will utilize a survey format to examine the attitudes, perceptions, and practices of primary care providers in the Delta region of Arkansas.

Detailed Description
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Study Design. Primary care providers will be sent a providers packet to include a cover letter explaining the survey and its purpose as well as a 2-part questionnaire that includes nine selected short patient vignettes and a questionnaire regarding their personal and practice characteristics. Study Population. Individuals who receive the survey will be the primary care provider identified by study participants enrolled in our ongoing study entitled, Asthma in the Delta Region of Arkansas: Characterization of Disease and Impact of Environmental Factors (ARIA#53054). We will send the survey to all identified practitioners in Lee, Phillips, Desha, Chicot, St. Francis, and surrounding counties. Future studies will include primary care providers from other Arkansas Delta counties pending funding. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria. We will send the survey to all identified practitioners in Lee, Phillips, Desha, Chicot, St. Francis, and surrounding counties. Future studies will include primary care providers from other Arkansas Delta counties pending funding. Instruments. Delta Primary Care Provider Survey. The self administered survey examines the attitudes, perceptions and practices of primary care providers. The 2-part questionnaire includes nine selected short patient vignettes and a questionnaire regarding the providers personal and practice characteristics.

Official Title
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Delta Primary Care Provider (PCP) Survey on Asthma Management

Conditions
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Asthma

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: We will send the survey to all identified practitioners in Lee, Phillips, Desha, Chicot, St. Francis, and surrounding counties. Future studies will include primary care providers from other Arkansas Delta counties pending funding. Exclusion Criteria: None.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 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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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| primary care providers<br>Primary care providers who receive the survey will be the primary care provider identified by study participants enrolled in our ongoing study entitled, Asthma in the Delta Region of Arkansas: Characterization of Disease and Impact of Environmental Factors (ARIA#53054) | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The proposed study will utilize a survey format to examine the attitudes, perceptions, and practices of primary care providers in the Delta region of Arkansas. |  | 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Characteristics of medical practices, Practitioners providing care to children with asthma, Medically underserved and impoverished Arkansas Delta region, Characteristics of medical practices and practitioners, Disadvantaged populations