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

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00589719
• Other study ID #: 39931
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 27, 2007
• Last updated: August 25, 2008
• Start date: August 2005
• Est. completion date: August 2008

Study information

• Verified date: August 2008
• Source: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 964
• Est. completion date: August 2008
• Est. primary completion date: May 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 4 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

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.

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute	Little Rock	Arkansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Galant SP, Crawford LJ, Morphew T, Jones CA, Bassin S. Predictive value of a cross-cultural asthma case-detection tool in an elementary school population. Pediatrics. 2004 Sep;114(3):e307-16. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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	No
Secondary	High rates of inadequately controlled asthma are evidenced by activity limitation, medication use and increased healthcare utilization.		One year	No