Promoting Asthma Guidelines and Management Through Technology-Based Intervention and Care Coordination (PRAGMATIC)
Asthma Childhood
About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Asthma Childhood
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
The criteria listed below will apply to ~5,000 children from eMPI and eUC practices:
- Physician-diagnosed asthma (based on EHR).
- Persistent or uncontrolled asthma as per clinic assessment. Based on NHLBI guidelines, any one of the following: in past month, > 2 days/week with asthma symptoms, >2 days/week with rescue medication use, >2 days/month with nighttime symptoms, or > 2 episodes in the past year that required systemic corticosteroids.
- Age 2 and 12 years, inclusive.
Additional inclusion criteria will apply to a subset of 512 of children whose caregivers will be interviewed to obtain caregiver-reported morbidity outcomes:
- Caregiver is able to speak and understand either English or Spanish. Participants unable to read will be eligible as all surveys will be administered verbally by research personnel.
- Consent from the primary caregiver, caregiver permission for the child to participate as well as assent from the child (>7 years). If there are eligible siblings, only one child will be randomly selected.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The child has other significant medical conditions, such as congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, or other chronic lung disease, that could interfere with the assessment of asthma-related measures.
Additional exclusion criteria will apply to a subset of 512 children/caregivers as described above:
- No access to a telephone to conduct follow-up surveys.
- Children in foster care or other situations in which consent cannot be obtained from a guardian.
Sites / Locations
- Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
PRAGMATIC
Intervention practices will receive guideline information and assess children's asthma severity and control. For children with persistent/uncontrolled asthma, academic detailing and prompt in EHR following asthma guidelines will guide asthma management; outreach worker will follow up with patients referred to the by providers to receive care coordination to assure that provider management plan is followed by patient at home.