Asthma Self-Management in Older Adults

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma; Aged

Treatments: Behavioral: placebo group; Behavioral: Self management intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00941694

N011060

Details and patient eligibility

About

Asthma self-management is an effective way to improve the outcomes of patients with asthma. However, to be most effective these interventions should be targeted and designed toward a specific population or group. There is currently no asthma self-management intervention directed towards older adults. The hypothesis is that a 6-session asthma self-management intervention will improve the outcomes of older patients with asthma.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:: Age over 65, physician diagnosed asthma, need for daily asthma control medication, access to a telephone.

Exclusion Criteria: Smoking history greater than 40 pack years, current smoker, mental impairment that would preclude participation in the asthma self management program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Self-Management Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Will receive 6 asthma self-management group or individual session over a 7 week period

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self management intervention

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Group will receive 3 phone calls not related to asthma self management over a 7 week period

Treatment:

Behavioral: placebo group