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Social Media Education for Childhood Asthma

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Led By Monica Kodakandla, MD

Research Sponsored by The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 year after enrollment

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will evaluate if using social media to enhance education on asthma will reduce the number of hospital visits, missed school days, and overall costs. They will also compare the effect of social media engagement by patients and caregivers, and study patient satisfaction.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for children hospitalized with asthma exacerbations who, along with their caregivers, have internet access and use social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter. It's not suitable for kids with other chronic conditions that require frequent healthcare visits.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study aims to see if adding social media elements to asthma education can reduce hospital stays, ER visits, clinic appointments, missed school days, and overall costs while improving patient satisfaction compared to standard education.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since the intervention involves educational content rather than medication, there are no direct medical side effects. However, increased screen time or potential misinformation could be indirect concerns.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 year after enrollment

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 year after enrollment

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year after enrollment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Total number of treatment days in a medical setting (hospital, emergency department (ED), clinic)

Secondary outcome measures

Total number of hospitalizations

number of missed days of school

patient satisfaction and understanding of asthma education

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: TreatmentExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Group II: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

The University of Texas Health Science Center, HoustonLead Sponsor

903 Previous Clinical Trials

320,777 Total Patients Enrolled

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)NIH

320 Previous Clinical Trials

401,530 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Childhood Asthma

40 Patients Enrolled for Childhood Asthma

Monica Kodakandla, MDPrincipal InvestigatorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Media Library

Social Media Enhanced Education Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05013788 — N/A

Childhood Asthma Research Study Groups: Control Group, Treatment

Childhood Asthma Clinical Trial 2023: Social Media Enhanced Education Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05013788 — N/A

Social Media Enhanced Education 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05013788 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are fresh participants still being recruited for this investigation?

"As documented on clinicaltrials.gov, the present trial is not presently accepting candidates. This medical research was initially posted on October 1st 2021 and last modified on August 13th of the same year; however, 330 other trials are currently enrolling patients at this time."

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Am I eligible to be a participant in this clinical research?

"This clinical trial seeks to enroll 200 minors (3 - 17 years old) suffering from asthma. Requirements for patient participation include a previous hospitalization at Children's Memorial Hermann, access to the internet via mobile device or other means, and active social media accounts on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and/or Snapchat."

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Does this research study have any age restrictions regarding enrolment?

"To be eligible for this research, enrollees must fall within the 3-17 year old age range. Currently, 124 studies are accepting patients younger than 18 and 200 are open to those over 65 years of age."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Using Social Media to Decrease Healthcare Utilization for Pediatric Asthma

Monica Kodakandla 2021. "Using Social Media to Decrease Healthcare Utilization for Pediatric Asthma". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05013788.