IVR INTERVENTION TO IMPROVE ADHERENCE TO IC MEDS IN ADULTS WITH ASTHMA

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This is a study designed to look at whether or not adult patients with asthma who are on a daily prescribed corticosteroid will do a better job of taking their asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor. To see if this is true 50 participants will be recruited from a NJ IRB approved database to participate in this study. These participants will meet with the research team twice. On the first visit they will complete 2 questionnaires; one about asthma quality of life and the second about beliefs about medications. The research team will also place a micro-chipped asthma tracking device on the subject¿??s daily asthma medication. The participants will be divided into two groups. The intervention group will receive 3 or 4 automated supportive phone calls reminding them of their doctor¿??s treatment plan and asking if they filled their prescription. The control group will receive no phone calls. This will happen over a period of 10 weeks. After 10 weeks the participant will return to NJ where he or she will again complete the questionnaires and the asthma tracking device will be collected. The data from the tracking device and questionnaire responses will be collected and measured to determine if the telephone intervention has had an effect on how the participants used their asthma medication and their asthma related quality of life.