title: Urban adolescents readily comply with a complicated asthma research protocol.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lovinsky-Desir
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Candace
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Folch
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kyung Hwa
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Torrone
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.affiliation: Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Frederica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care of Medicine, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA ; Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA ; Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Steven N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Chillrud
keywords: accelerometer; adolescents; asthma studies; exposure monitoring; objective measurements; peak expiratory flow; teen compliance; wearing compliance