National Survey on Asthma

A Mirror Assessment of the Words Used By Patients and Physicians to Express Asthma Symptoms, According To the Patient's Level of Asthma Control In General Medicine

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00770250

Acronym

SYMPTOMES

Enrollment

1704

Registered

2008-10-09

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2010-12-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

asthma symptoms, words used by patients and physicians, express asthma symptoms

Brief summary

To evaluate the concordance of the most frequently used words by the patients and the physicians to express asthma symptoms, according to the patient's level of asthma control.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* A diagnosis of persistent asthma treated with an inhaled corticosteroid based maintenance treatment for more than 3 months * Given his/her consent to participate to the study and who is able to answer the questionnaire in french by him/her-self.

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with a cardiac disease (congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease) * Patient with a respiratory disease other than asthma (COPD, sleep apnea syndrome).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The concordance of the most frequently used words by the patients and the physicians to express asthma symptoms, according to the patient's level of asthma control.	Once

Countries

France

Outcome results