Acceptance of a pre-visit intervention to engage teens in pediatric asthma visits.
Betsy Sleath, Delesha M Carpenter, Scott A Davis and 10 others
PMID 28550963WHAT IT FOUND
Teens with asthma who watched an educational video and completed a question prompt list before visits overwhelmingly recommended these tools to others.
Nearly 95% endorsed the video and 93% endorsed the prompt list, viewing them as useful for engaging with providers.
Key findings
01Almost 95% of intervention group teens recommended that other teens watch the educational video before visits.
02Ninety-three percent of intervention group teens said that other teens should complete the question prompt lists before visits.
03Non-White teens rated both the video and the question prompt list as significantly more useful than White teens did.
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What it does not show
The study only reports the opinions of the teens in the intervention group, not the trial's primary outcomes regarding actual visit behavior or health results. The sample was limited to four pediatric practices in North Carolina, so findings may not apply to other regions or healthcare settings. The study included only teens aged 11 to 17 seen in pediatric practices, excluding younger children and those seen in family medicine or community health centers.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the high acceptance rates as evidence that the intervention improved asthma outcomes or actual patient-provider communication in this trial. These data reflect only the self-reported satisfaction of the 185 teens who received the intervention, not the trial's effectiveness endpoints.