INCAS - Integrated Care of Asthma in Switzerland

Cantonal Hosptal, Baselland

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Behavioral: asthma patient education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02425293

274/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of standardized patient education on asthma control. In collaboration with two health insurance companies, pharmacists and pneumologists, patients with asthma were recruited. They completed the "Asthma Control Test (ACT)" and the "Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC 5A)" questionnaire to assess asthma control and patients' satisfaction with the health care service they received. Additionally, patients were offered the possibility to participate in a patient education seminar run by the Swiss lung leagues or the Swiss allergy centre (aha!). After one year, patients were asked to complete the questionnaires again. Comparisons of intraindividual changes and differences regarding ACT and PACIC 5A between patients with and without patient education were made.

Enrollment: 223 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 59 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with clinical asthma diagnosis
• written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• inadequate knowledge of the German language
• subjects with severe diseases with life expectancy under one year
• subjects with known Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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223 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Patients participating in a patient education seminar

Treatment:

Behavioral: asthma patient education

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients not participating in a patient education seminar