The goal of this intervention study is to assess the effectiveness of low-cost humidity and mold reduction interventions in the home for reducing pediatric asthma. The study will have two groups, a treatment group that receives the healthy home interventions during the study and a second control group that will receive these after the study. We will compare pediatric asthma before and three months after the healthy home interventions are performed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Healthy home interventions including low cost humidity interventions.
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Change in pediatric asthma control
Pediatric asthma control is assessed using the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ), a six-item survey consisting of questions specific to asthma symptoms and bronchodilator usage. Questions are answered using a 7-point Likert scale and scored cumulatively with lower scores indicating greater asthma control. Lower scores at 3 months compared to baseline indicate overall improvement in asthma control post-intervention.
Time frame: Baseline and 3 months
Change in asthma-related quality of life
Asthma-related quality of life is assessed using the Pediatric Asthma Caregiver's Quality of Life Questionnaire (PACQLQ), a thirteen-item survey to assess problems that caregivers experience as a result of their child's asthma. Questions are answered using a 7-point Likert scale and scored cumulatively with higher scores indicating less impact on quality of life. Higher scores at 3 months compared to baseline indicate overall improvement in quality of life.
Time frame: Baseline and 3 months
Hospitalizations
Change in frequency of hospitalizations/emergency room utilization
Time frame: Baseline and 3 months
Missing work/school
Change in the number of self-reported missed work or school days
Time frame: Baseline and 3 months
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