The study will utilize a stress management program delivered over 10 sessions that is hypothesized to result in decreased stress levels and improved coping strategies in an inner city adolescent asthma population. Participants will include adolescents ages 10-15 years with physician diagnosed asthma. The outcome measures will be obtained via psychosocial questionnaires and spirometry.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
10 session intervention utilizing a cognitive behavorial program with a goal of stress reduction
PG rated movies to be viewed over 10 sessions in peer setting
Cornell Weill Pulmonary/Allergy pediatric clinics
New York, New York, United States
RECRUITINGScope of change in perceived stress from enrollment to completion of study using the Perceived stress scale
Time frame: 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in coping as assessed by Kidcope
Time frame: 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in anxiety as measured by State Trait Inventory
Time frame: 5 weeks
Secondary outcomes within scope of change from enrollment to completion of study in quality of life as assessed by PAQLQ
Time frame: 5 weeks
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