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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Mar 31;57:10–22. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.03.015

Figure 1. CHICAGO Plan study schema.

Figure 1

640 children age 5 to 11 years presenting with uncontrolled asthma to the emergency department (ED) will be randomized to one of three groups to evaluate ED-based interventions vs. ED plus home-based interventions to promote asthma self-management skills vs. enhanced usual care. All children, including those in enhanced usual care, receive education in the ED about the appropriate use of MDI devices and two MDI spacers free-of-charge. The ED-based intervention consists of a paper-based decision support and communication tool (“C”, CAPE or Chicago Action Plan after Emergency department discharge). The five CHW-led home visits (“H”) take place over 6 months (2–3 days, 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months after ED discharge). The assessment of outcomes will be performed at baseline (in-person on the day of ED discharge); 1 month (via phone), 3 months (via phone), and 6 months (in-person) after ED discharge. Participants enrolled in the first half of the 15-month recruitment period are invited to participate in a 12-month follow-up phone assessment to assess the durability of effects after the end of the 6-month intervention in the ED plus home-based intervention group.