Farber 2004.
Methods | STUDY DESIGN: Parallel group randomised controlled trial
LOCATION, NUMBER OF CENTRES: USA, inner‐city ED
DURATION OF STUDY: 6 months Outcome assessors were blinded to treatment group allocation |
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Participants | N SCREENED: Not reported N RANDOMISED: 56 (intervention: 28; control group: 28) N COMPLETED: 46 M = Not clear F = Not clear MEAN AGE: 7.5 years BASELINE DETAILS: ICS use: 25%; exposure to passive smoke: 57%; N in household where income < 15000$: 82%. INCLUSION CRITERIA: Presentation in ED; 2 to 18 years; Medicaid insurance; home telephone; history of asthma EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Intubation/mechanical ventilation for asthma | |
Interventions | EDUCATION GROUP: Educational intervention delivered during ED visit/hospital admission by trained staff. Education consisted of inhaler device instruction and action plans. Follow‐up phone calls made 1 to 2 weeks, 4 to 6 weeks and 3 months post‐enrolment Setting: ED & home CONTROL GROUP: Brief education routinely used in ED as normal procedure TREATMENT PERIOD: 1 session (plus phone calls) FOLLOW‐UP PERIOD: 6 months |
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Outcomes | ED visits; medication use | |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | Low risk | Computer‐generated block randomisation |
Allocation concealment? | Low risk | Schedule generated by third party |
Incomplete outcome data addressed? All outcomes | High risk | Available case |