Asthma in the Delta Region of Arkansas (ADRA): Prevalence and Morbidity

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00589719

Enrollment

964

Registered

2008-01-10

Start date

2005-08-31

Completion date

2008-08-31

Last updated

2008-08-26

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Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Asthma; minority; low-income; African American; Arkansas

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to conduct a cross-sectional study to examine asthma prevalence and morbidity in a predominately minority, low-income population in rural Arkansas.

Detailed description

Asthma is the leading chronic disease of childhood in the United States and an important public health concern in Arkansas. Arkansas, a predominately rural state, has one of the leading mortality rates in the nation for African Americans. The specific aims of the study will examine asthma prevalence in children age 4-17 years old in public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas. The study will also examine asthma morbidity among identified asthmatics by characterizing activity limitation, days missed from school, daytime and nocturnal symptoms, healthcare utilization and medication use. The specific aims of the current study will provide novel data on an understudied population of asthmatics and will test our working hypotheses that pediatric asthma prevalence in the Delta region of Arkansas is higher than national estimates; and asthma diagnosis is related to significant morbidity among rural asthmatics.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

4 Years to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Children aged 4-17 years, enrolled in the public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas.

Exclusion criteria

* Children aged 18 or older enrolled in the public schools in Eudora and Marvell Arkansas were excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The findings suggest that asthma diagnosis and active symptoms are prevalent among this predominately minority and low-income rural population in the Arkansas region of the Mississippi Delta.	One year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
High rates of inadequately controlled asthma are evidenced by activity limitation, medication use and increased healthcare utilization.	One year

Countries

United States

Outcome results