Asthma Respiratory Asthma
Conditions
Interventions
Zurich Resource Model (ZRM) training:
ZRM is thought to motivate the patient and to enable the patient to sense and interpret signs of deterioration more adequately and thereby improves the adherence
Sponsors
AstraZeneca (Switzerland)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Males and females of full legal age (18 years old and elder) 2. Persistent not optimally controlled asthma according to the Global Initiative on Asthma (GINA) guidelines (symptoms during day, or night time symptoms, or limitation in daily activities or sports because of asthma, or need for rescue medication or unscheduled visits due to exacerbations in the last six months) 3. Asthma is defined by history, symptoms and more than 12% reversibility of airflow obstruction after beta2-mimetika inhalation
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Psychiatric diagnosis such as major depression, schizophrenia, substance abuse or personality disorders 2. Other lung diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), lung cancer, fibrosis, sarcoidosis 3. Insufficient knowledge of German language to follow Zurich Resource Model (ZRM) course and/or to complete questionnaires
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess if patients with not optimally controlled asthma, who are treated according to GINA Guidelines and who participate in a ZRM course better adhere to: 1. Self-monitoring (PEF and symptoms); 2. Self-management according to the written personal action plan; and 3. Preventive strategies for known personal triggers, compared with patients treated according to GINA Guidelines alone. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess whether asthma patients participating in the ZRM training achieve better patient-assessed asthma control (asthma control questionnaire) and motivation and self-efficacy for self-management. | — |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed