This Study Compared an in Home Asthma Management Program Provided by Nurses or Respiratory Therapist

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Conditions studied: Asthma

In brief

This study compared an in-home asthma management program provided by nurses or respiratory therapists to see if those receiving program had fewer hospitalizations, clinic and emergency room visits and higher levels of satisfaction and health related quality of life.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00639847

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

People needed

159

Starts

1998-10-01

Expected to finish

2002-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-03-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult patients (age 18-64 years) treated in the ED or hospitalized for an acute exacerbation of asthma at the university teaching hospital were invited to participate.

You may not qualify if…

• Included other pulmonary disorders or diagnosis of co-morbid disease which was disabling in nature.

Where it is running

• University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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