| Trial name or title |
Breath connection: a school‐based telemedicine program for rural children with asthma |
| Methods |
Cluster‐randomised trial |
| Participants |
Rural children, ages 7 to 14 years |
| Interventions |
Comparing a school‐based telemedicine intervention against usual care. The intervention provides comprehensive asthma education via telemedicine to rural children with asthma, their caregivers and school nurses; prospectively monitors asthma symptoms and lung function; and provides primary care providers with evidence‐based treatment prompts |
| Outcomes |
Days wheezing, peak flow meter use, symptom‐free days |
| Starting date |
Unclear |
| Contact information |
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR |
| Notes |
To date, 364/414 parent‐child dyads have been enrolled from 17 school districts in the rural Mississippi Delta region of Arkansas. Median age of children enrolled is 9.6 years, with 54.6% male, 81.8% African American, 80% with state‐issued insurance and 45.6% from a family with total household income < $15,000. At baseline, 72.2% of children were classified as patients with moderate to severe persistent asthma, and 72.1% had uncontrolled asthma according to national guidelines |
