Improving Asthma Care for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00156507

Enrollment

192

Registered

2005-09-12

Start date

2003-01-31

Completion date

2006-06-30

Last updated

2011-05-12

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Conditions

Asthma

Brief summary

Children born less than 1500 grams are being enrolled into a study to test the effectiveness of a parental educational intervention in reducing the risk of future breathing problems. The intervention teaches parents of these children how to reduce the risk of / and recognize breathing problems.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALAsthma education for parents of very low birth weight infants

Asthma education is provided to parents of children in the experimental group prior to nicu discharge.

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

30 Days to 1 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Premature babies weighing less than 1500 grams at birth receiving care at Strong Memorial Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Exclusion criteria

* Non-English speaking parents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To evaluate whether education about asthma improves parent knowledge about the disease and its management and to evaluate whether education about asthma influences healthy behaviors to reduce breathing problems	7-9 months post discharge

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To evaluate the feasibility of implementing the intervention in terms of cost and personnel time and to obtain parental feedback about the intervention.	1-3 years post baseline

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026