Reducing Asthma Disparities by Improving Provider-Patient Communication

Reducing Asthma Disparities by Improving Provider-Patient Communication About Asthma Severity and Adherence With Therapy

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00181194

Enrollment

350

Registered

2005-09-16

Start date

2005-05-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2018-08-21

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Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Asthma

Brief summary

The purpose of this study will be to assess the impact of a culturally-sensitive, patient-focused asthma communication instrument (ACCI) designed to enhance provider-patient communication by prompting and guiding providers in assessments of disease severity and discussion of adherence behaviors with minority patients with asthma.

Detailed description

Improving communication between health care providers and their patients is the critical first step in efforts designed to reduce asthma-related health disparities in urban areas. Improving communication will help providers tailor asthma therapies to their patients' needs, and help providers and patients to overcome barriers (e.g., concerns about adverse effects) to adherence with those asthma treatment plans.

Interventions

DEVICEAsthma Control and Communication Instrument

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

12 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* are able to provide informed consent; * report physician-diagnosed asthma; * report asthma symptoms and/or use of short-acting reliever medication at least twice weekly in the past month.

Exclusion criteria

* state they do not have asthma; * have mild intermittent disease * no recent evidence of disease activity.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy of Provider Assessment of Asthma Severity	—
Accuracy of Clinician Assessment of Patient Adherence	—
Assessment of appropriateness of asthma treatment (consistency of care with asthma guidelines	—
Patient satisfaction with provider-patient communication and medical care	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
These outcomes include indicators of poor asthma control such as health care service use for asthma exacerbations (unscheduled office visits, ER visits, hospitalizations) and use of oral corticosteroid and overuse of inhaled beta-agonist medications.	—

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

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