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NCT Number: NCT01595971

Distance Education Versus Usual Care Qualification in Asthma Care

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted educational interventions in the care of asthma, conducted remotely over the platform TelessaúdeRS in teams of the Family Health Strategy and the consequent clinical improvement patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Asthma Bronchial Diseases Hypersensitivity Hypersensitivity, Immediate Immune System Diseases Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

5 year–45 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospital de clínicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

About this study

Cluster-randomized trial with follow-up of 6 months. The aim of this study is to determine whether multifaceted interventions performed at a distance for the care of asthma symptoms reduce overhead, improve asthma control and qualify the care provided to patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Practice:Participate in the Telessaúde/RS. Minimal staff consisting of a general practitioner, nurse, nurse and community health agents (CHA), ability to give at least ten patients diagnosed with asthma, located in a municipality to make available for free inhaled medication (short-acting bronchodilators and corticosteroids ) for the treatment of asthma and willingness to participate in the study.
  • Patients: 5 to 45 years with a diagnosis of asthma made by a physician and register at least one consultation for asthma or an asthma-related hospitalization during the year preceding the beginning of the study.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with other chronic diseases with pulmonary complications such as tuberculosis, cancer and cystic fibrosis or those with severe mental illness

Treatment and study plan

Continuing education

Behavioral

Includes telemedicine, reminders, video conferences, educational materials for patients and consultants.

Other names: RESPIRANET

Usual Care

Other

Received the usual care provided

Primary outcomes

  1. Symptom burden, measured as the number of self-reported asthma symptom days (ASD). ASD is based on 2 week recall.

    Time frame: six months

    The definition of a symptom day includes presence of any of the four types of asthma symptoms: wheeze, cough, night time awakening ou shortness of breath. The results will be collected through the application of standardized questionnaires.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Asthma control

    Time frame: 6 months

    Control of asthma will be evaluated by the excessive use of relief medication in the last month.

  2. Health care utilization

    Time frame: 6 meses

    Proportion of unscheduled medical visits during the follow-up

  3. Proportion of patients in use inhaled corticosteroids

    Time frame: 6 meses

    Use of inhaled corticosteroids assessed by the proportion of patients who require medication to prevent asthma symptoms that are in use of inhaled corticosteroids.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Other

Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Registry information

Official study title

Distance Education Versus Usual Care in the Qualification of Asthma Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial - RESPIRANET

Acronym: RESPIRANET

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
May 10, 2012
Registry last updated
May 15, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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