A Randomized Trial to Improve Quality of Life Outcomes in Asthma Patients

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Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

Among 180 patients with moderate asthma, the specific aim of this randomized trial is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention involving education, enhancement of self-efficacy, and asthma social support in preventing deterioration in functional status over two years.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00197964

Run by

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

People needed

180

Starts

2001-08-01

Expected to finish

2005-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-11-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients will be eligible for this study if they are 18 years of age or older and have moderate asthma based on the NHLBI Asthma Expert Panel's classification which rates symptoms, frequency of exacerbations, nocturnal attacks, activity restriction, use of medications, and pulmonary function.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients will be excluded from this study for the following reasons: if they are have other pulmonary diseases; if they are unable to provide informed consent because of cognitive deficits; if they are not fluent in English; if they refuse to participate.

Where it is running

• New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Medical College of Cornell University — New York, New York, United States

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