Asthma. Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Training about the care of asthmatic patients in five 60-minute sessions as interactive lectures, practical views, questions and answers sessions, and face-to-face instruction with educational pamphle
Sponsors
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to 64 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: asthmatic patients were referred to specialized clinics by physician diagnosis of asthma; at least one year pass of their diagnosis; the ages of 19 to 64 years; don’t participate to other same training program during the last 6 month at other centers; don’t participate to training program in other centers at the same time; ability to read and write (at least primary level education), and ability to understand Persian; have no other chronic diseases (such as diabetes, cancer and which requires special care and different programs); have no interest to participate in the study; completed the consent form Exclusion criteria: the absence 2 sessions or more; not to participate in the test (pretest or post test); not wanting to continue working on the project; diagnose chronic disease (affecting QOL) in patients requiring hospitalization, the special treatment; out of the research environment (migration, death, etc)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Knowledge of self care. Timepoint: before the intervention and 2 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: test of knowedge.;Quality of life. Timepoint: before the intervention and 2 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Qol in Asthmatic patients questionnaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Outcome results
None listed