Telephone Coaching for Parents of Children With Asthma

Results: Parental asthma-related QOL scores improved by an average of 0.67 units (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.49 to 0.84) in the intervention group and 0.28 units (95% CI, 0.10 to 0.46) in the control group. The difference between study groups was statistically significant (difference, 0.38; 95% CI, 0.14 to 0.63). No between-group difference was found in the change in the child’s QOL (difference, �0.17; 95% CI, �0.47 to 0.12) or in the mean number of urgent care events per year (difference, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.82 to 1.61). The proportion of children with very poorly controlled asthma in the intervention group decreased compared with the control group (difference, 0.34; 95% CI, 0.21 to 0.48). Conclusions: A telephone coaching program can improve parental QOL and can be implemented without additional physician training or practice redesign. Trial Registration: clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00660322