Published today in Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine is a new original research article by Stephanie Lovinsky-Desir, Candace Folch, Kyung Hwa Jung, David Torrone, Eric Gil, Frederica Perera, Rachel L. Miller and Steven N. Chillrud.  Read more about this paper below:

Title

Urban Adolescents Readily Comply with a Complicated Asthma Research Protocol

Abstract

Purpose: Adolescents are often cited as having poor rates of compliance with medical regimens and research protocols. We quantified compliance in a cohort of urban adolescents participating in a complex research protocol in which measures were obtained without direct supervision by research personnel.

Methods: A total of 54 early adolescents ages 10–13 were asked to wear a vest containing a personal air pollutant exposure monitor for two 24-hour periods and to perform daily peak expiratory flow (PEF) for six consecutive days. Compliance with wearing the vest was measured by comparing accelerometer data from a device within the vest to one worn continuously on the child's wrist. Daily PEF data were recorded using an electronic meter.

Results: A priori definition of compliance was met by 85% of the adolescents by wearing the exposure monitoring vest and 72% by performing PEF.

Conclusions: These findings suggest that early adolescents can be compliant with complex research protocols that are needed to help bridge gaps in pediatric asthma research.

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