Comprehensive home environmental intervention did not reduce allergen concentrations or controller medication requirements among children in Baltimore.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if the addition of home environmental control strategies (ECSs) to controller medication titration reduces asthma controller medication requirements and in-home allergen concentrations among children with persistent asthma in Baltimore City.

Methods

155 children ages 5-17 with allergen-sensitized asthma were enrolled in a 6-month randomized clinical trial of multifaceted, individually-tailored ECS plus asthma controller medication titration compared to controller medication titration alone. Participants had to meet criteria for persistent asthma and have had an exacerbation in the previous 18 months. Allergen sensitization (mouse, cockroach, cat, dog, dust mite) was assessed at baseline and home dust allergen concentrations were measured at baseline, 3

SUBMITTER: Grant TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10424504 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature