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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Health Promot Pract. 2009 Jun 10;11(6):798–806. doi: 10.1177/1524839909334621

Table 1.

Changes in Implementation and Data Collection Protocols by Study Phase

Protocols Original Planning Early Implementation Late Implementation
Region
Region 1 x x x x
Region 2 x
Reach: # of counties 1 1 8 9
Reach: large, urban underserved x
Recruiting Agencies
MCOs 1-4 (Region 1) x x x x
State Medicaid (Region 1) x x
MCO 5 (Region 2) x
Data Collection and Measures
Home Visits 5
Phone 12
Clinic visits 2 2 2
Surveys 5 5 5 5
Doser() 5
Spirometry 5 2 2 2
Claims Data x x x x
Internet usage (CHESS group only) x x x x
Diaries (number) 1 5 5 5
Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ 12 1 5 2 5 2 5 2
Symptom-free days 12 1 5 3 5 3 5 3
Run-in/Pre-Enrollment Criteria
Diary completed % 70%
Diary Returned x x Partial, as needed No
Diary evidence of asthma severity x
Phone ACQ x
Subject Identification, Consent
Claims data algorithm Strict Expanded Expanded Expanded
Statistician review 4 x x
Consent/assent Mail Clinic Clinic Clinic
CHESS training
Home (individual) x x x x
Phone (individual) x x
Group 5 x
1

Phone call;

2

Added to Survey;

3

Added to Diary Region;

4

MCOs only;

5

Region 2 only