Educational Intervention for Older People with Asthma

Educational program for older people with asthma to improve asthma control

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000639224

Enrollment

120

Registered

2009-07-30

Start date

2009-06-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Asthma control of older people can be positively influenced by education addressing the major issues of: asthma beliefs at onset, treatment side effects, explanation of asthma diagnosis and device use education.

Interventions

Educational intervention to address the concerns of older people with asthma. One hour educational session after baseline measurement. 3 month and 12 month follow up adn outcome measurement

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

55 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Age >55 years with doctor diagnosed asthma and currently using preventer therapy

Exclusion criteria

Fixed airflow obstruction post bronchodilator Fev1/FVC <70% predicted Smoking history plus 10 pack years

Outcome results