Text2Breathe: Text-Message Intervention for Parent Communication and Pediatric Asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mobile health technology offers promise for reducing disparities in pediatric asthma care and outcomes by helping parents more effectively communicate with their children's primary care providers and manage their children's asthma. This study tested the impact of a text messaging program on emergency department utilization and asthma morbidity.

Methods

A randomized controlled trial enrolled 221 parents of Medicaid-insured children visiting the emergency departments of 2 urban children's hospitals in the Pacific Northwest for an asthma-related concern between September 2015 and February 2019. Standardized surveys were administered to parents at baseline and 12 months later to assess the primary outcomes of emergency department utilization and morbidity as well as pr

SUBMITTER: Coker TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650351 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature