Studies & Reports
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Researchers Work to Develop Comprehensive Plan to Integrate Asthma Evidence-Based Interventions
An article in the May 2019 edition of The Journal of Asthma explores developing a comprehensive plan to integrate asthma evidence-based interventions (EBI) across home, school, community and primary care settings. Researchers endeavored to learn the needs of and resources of the community by undertaking focus groups, key informant interviews, secondary data analysis, and pilot…
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Use of Electronic Asthma Tracker on Patient Outcomes
In the June 2019 edition of Pediatrics, an article investigates the “impact of the electronic-AsthmaTracker (e-AT), a self-monitoring application for children with asthma.” In order to do so, researchers utilized a total of 327 children and parents and enrolled them in pediatric clinics with weekly e-AT use for a year. They found that after a…
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Differences in Asthma Worries and Confidence in Children and Parents
Academic Pediatric’s May 2019 edition contains an article examining the differences in responses of a child with asthma and their parents. In total, 105 parent-child pairs were used in the study. The researchers found “children were more likely than their parents to report ever having an exercise-induced asthma attack” and that they “’worry a lot’…
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Researchers Investigate Effects of School Stress on Asthma
A May 2019 study in Clinical and Experimental Allergy looked to see if managing psychological stress at school could serve as an intervention for asthma. To conduct the study, one hundred and four children were separated into three groups, one which received stress management and coping intervention, one which received an asthma education intervention, and…
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Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Chronic Stress on Asthma in Children
The May/June 2019 edition of Nursing Research includes an article examining the impacts of maternal adverse childhood experiences on child physiologic and health outcomes. The study utilized 54 maternal-child dyads and took their family history and current PTSD symptoms. The children were measured for “biomarkers and health and developmental outcomes associated with chronic stress.” The…
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Study Finds Association Between Reduction of Air Pollution and Lower Asthma Burden in Children
Improved air quality in the Los Angeles region is linked to roughly 20 percent fewer new asthma cases in children, according to a USC study that tracked Southern California children over a 20-year period. The study appears in the May 2019 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association and sought to investigate the…
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Effects of Home Interventions on Older Adults with Asthma
An article in the May 2019 edition of Annals of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology examines how multifaceted home environmental interventions can affect respiratory health for older adults with asthma. The researchers “conducted community health worker-led interventions” in the homes of 86 low-income adults with asthma age 62 or older. Assessments were taken at baseline and…
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Families USA Releases Summary of PCORI Findings to Promote More Equitable Asthma Outcomes
Families USA has released a report titled “Advancing Health Equity Through Better Evidence for Asthma Care: Translating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Learnings into Equity-Focused Policy Recommendations.” This report utilizes the research portfolio of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to create key policy recommendations aimed at more equitable outcomes for all patients with asthma. The…
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Oral Magnesium and Asthma Management
In the February 2019 Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, an article looks at the role of magnesium supplements for management of bronchial asthma. The authors of the articles conducted database searches for studies relating to oral magnesium supplements, and eight studies fit the criteria. While oral magnesium was found to improve lung function at week eight…