Asthma Self-Management at Work: A Mixed Methods Study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011309

Enrollment

200

Registered

2016-12-22

Start date

2017-01-23

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

J45

Interventions

Group 1: The planned study will draw on a sequential-explorative mixed methods design: Phase 1: qualitative interviews to explore which work-related factors promote or impair effective self-managemen

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Everybody can participate in this study, who … •has been diagnosed with asthma by a physician, •has worked in a insurable employment in the last six months (at least 20 hours per week), and •has worked in the last six months with the diagnosis “Asthma”.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Personens who are self-employed will be excluded from this study as well as patients with a COPD-diagnosis (self-report).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
This project aims at examining a) those determinants of successful asthma-self-management at work as well as b) potentially promising interventions. A mixed-methods-design will be used. The quantitative phases base on the results of preceeding qualitative phases.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactKatherina Heinrichs

Heinrich-Heine-Universität DüsseldorfInstitut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin

Katherina.Heinrichs@uni-duesseldorf.de+49 (0)211-81 08166

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 23, 2026