Tele-spirometry in Primary Care - Randomized Clinical Trial Cluster: the Effectiveness of Telemedicine in Asthma (RESPIRANET-A)

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Asthma

Treatments: Other: telemonitoring; Other: Teleconsultation; Other: Spirometry (20 - 22weeks); Other: Spirometry (baseline)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02901522

227190 Asthma

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of telemedicine multifaceted intervention in symptoms patients with asthma.

Full description

This study is a randomized clinical trial for patients with asthma from a primary care. The purpose is to determine the effectiveness of telemedicine (teleconsultation and telemonitoring) in control of asthma symptoms.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• individual with diagnosis asthma, Asthma Control Test <20, spirometry from TelessaudeRS-Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (from randomization cluster)

Exclusion criteria

-low quality spirometries (inadequate)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Spirometry (baseline) Spirometry (20 - 22weeks)

Treatment:

Other: Spirometry (baseline)

Other: Spirometry (20 - 22weeks)

Telemedicine

Experimental group

Description:

Spirometry (baseline) Telemonitoring Teleconsultation Spirometry (20 - 22weeks)

Treatment:

Other: Spirometry (baseline)

Other: Teleconsultation

Other: Spirometry (20 - 22weeks)

Other: telemonitoring