Asthma Patient Survey Study to Assess Asthma Effect and Medication in Finland

AstraZeneca

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT00681382

NIS-RFI-SYM-2006/1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was aimed at clarifying how the asthma medication is used in practice and how asthma affects everyday life. Total of 106 GPs were asked to recruit patients using inhaled steroid as maintenance treatment for asthma to take part in a telephone survey. Altogether 142 patients were interviewed.

Enrollment: 142 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed persistent asthma
• regular use of inhaled steroids and concomitant medication

Exclusion criteria

• never been diagnosed COPD
• seasonal asthma

Trial design

142 participants in 1 patient group

1

Description:

Asthma patients using inhaled steroids as maintenance treatment