The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Influence of caregiver and provider communication on symptom days and medication use for inner-city children with asthma.
Effective pediatric guideline-based asthma care requires the caregiver to accurately relay the child's symptom frequency, pattern of rescue and controller medication use, and level of asthma control to the child's primary care clinician. ⋯ A home-based caregiver asthma communication educational intervention was not associated with decreased symptom days. However, a trend was noted in higher controller to total medication ratios in the intervention group. Inner-city caregivers of children with asthma may require a health systems approach to help convey the child's asthma health information to their clinician.