A Coping Skills Program for Children With Asthma

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Uncontrolled asthma in school-aged children is a significant public health problem. Latino children living in low-income contexts are at increased risk for uncontrolled asthma compared to non-Latino white children, and stress is an unaddressed factor in this disparity. Therefore, the purpose of the current study is to test an intervention program that teaches families skills to cope with asthma-related and other sources of stress. Specifically, the study will compare the effects of the combined coping skills + asthma management program with a standard asthma management program in 280 families of Latino children with asthma. The study will also look at why the program may have an effect, and specifically whether the program impacts child coping, parent coping, or family asthma management behaviors. The main hypothesis is that the combined coping skills + asthma management program will improve asthma outcomes more than the standard asthma management program.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 8
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Inclusion criteria are that (a) the child has a diagnosis of asthma as reported by the child's medical provider and confirmed by the parent; (b) the child is a current patient at a participating clinic; (c) the child is 8 to 14 years old; (d) the child is Latino/a; and (e) the child and parent speak English or Spanish.

Locations
United States
Texas
University of Texas at Austin
RECRUITING
Austin
Contact Information
Primary
Erin M Rodriguez, PhD
erodriguez@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-0283
Backup
Samantha Garcia Cruz, BA
samantha.garciacruz@austin.utexas.edu
512-475-7363
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-11-14
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 560
Treatments
Experimental: Combined coping skills + asthma management arm
The combined coping skills + asthma management arm is a family-based coping skills + asthma management intervention that is bilingual and culturally relevant for Latino families. This program is manualized with video-guided and interactive content to improve coping with stress and asthma management behaviors for both children and their parents. Coping strategies taught include primary and secondary control coping. Asthma management content is interactive and culturally tailored.
Active_comparator: Standard asthma management arm
The standard asthma management (AM) arm is an asthma management intervention covering standard asthma self-management content (e.g., symptom recognition, self-monitoring). AM is manualized and is matched in length, time, and number of sessions to the experimental arm.
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Sponsors
Leads: University of Texas at Austin

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