Box fans and air filters tested for childhood asthma in Seattle
Tests box fans with filters to see if they ease asthma in children.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Action Towards Health Equity and Improved Air Quality in the Duwamish Valley: A Multilevel Asthma Intervention
Key facts
- Where
- Seattle, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 6 and 17 years old?
Source: NCT06552013, who can take part
Where in United States
- Duwamish River Community CoaltionSeattle, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Washington
- Trial code
- NCT06552013
- Record updated
- 13 August 2024
- Original description
The goal of this randomized control trial is to learn if box fans and filters can reduce asthma symptoms and improve indoor air quality in children ages 6 - 17 years old with asthma living in the Duwamish Valley, Seattle, Washington. The main question it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
Action Towards Health Equity and Improved Air Quality in the Duwamish Valley: A Multilevel Asthma Intervention
The goal of this randomized control trial is to learn if box fans and filters can reduce asthma symptoms and improve indoor air quality in children ages 6 - 17 years old with asthma living in the Duwamish Valley, Seattle, Washington. The main question it aims to answer are:
* Do box fans with filters improve asthma symptoms? * Do box fans with filters improve an objective measure used to monitor lung function known as forced expiratory volume during the first second (FEV1)? Researchers will compare children living in households with high quality filters to those in households with sham filters to see if air quality and asthma symptoms improve.
Participants will
* fill out several questionnaires * monitor their lung function with a peak flow meter * place an air monitor in their homes to monitor indoor air quality * run the box fan when they are at home
Inclusion: age (6-17 years); poorly controlled physician diagnosed asthma defined as more than four days with asthma symptoms in the past two weeks, use of asthma rescue medication for more than four days in the past two weeks, or health care utilization due to asthma in the past year (hospitalization, emergency room visit, or unscheduled clinic visit); living in Georgetown and South Park neighborhoods of Seattle.
Exclusion: children with unstable housing or shared custody arrangements.