The Development of the Walsh Asthma Self-management Programme and Feasibility of Implementation in Adults With Asthma in Primary Care
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: WASP asthma self-management programme.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Asthma, Self-management, Asthma Control. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Ireland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Asthma is a common medical condition in Ireland. Adult patients tend to have periods when their asthma is stable and periods when it worsens. In order to reduce these periods of worsening asthma, effective ongoing management is required day to day by adults with asthma. Teaching adults how to manage their asthma effectively, plays a huge role in improving their asthma and having a better overall quality of life. This education on managing asthma has many different parts to it. Most adults will discover they have asthma through their general practitioner (GP) and it will be continued to be checked and managed through their GP or general practice nurse (GPN) in their primary care clinic for the duration of their lives. This research study is taking place to find out if a new education programme, will help adults manage their asthma better and improve the symptoms of asthma, reducing its overall impact on day-to-day life. This study is also looking at how easy it is to introduce and for nurses to deliver this study within a GP/ primary care centre. This study is to find out if this education programme works in a real life setting and if it can lead to better control of asthma for adults.
Interventions
- Other WASP asthma self-management programme
all participants will received the WASP intervention which includes (asthma education, self-management training and behaviour change strategies)
Primary outcome measures
- Feasibility of implementation [Time frame: 6 months]
- Education [Time frame: 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Asthma Control Test Questionnaire [Time frame: 6 months]
- Modified asthma self-efficacy questionnaire [Time frame: 6 months]
- Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (mAQLQ) [Time frame: 6 months]
- Spirometry - Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) [Time frame: 6 months]
- Spirometry - Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) [Time frame: 6 months]
- Spirometry - Peak expiratory flow (PEF) [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Adults over 18 years old
- Adults who meet one of the following criteria:
a physician's diagnosis of asthma; coded as asthma (R96) as per the international classification of primary care (ICPC) or international classification of diseases (ICD) code J45 with associated use of asthma medications for 6 months prior to study enrolment.
Exclusion criteria
- Adults under 18 years old
- Adults with no diagnosis of asthma
- Adults receiving asthma education in a specialist hospital or community setting
- Adults unable to give informed consent
- Smoking ≥ 10 Pack Year History
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Ireland · 1 center
- Royal College of Surgeons Ireland — Dublin
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07609134 · REC202602014