A Study for the Assessment of the Words Used by Patients and Physicians to Express Asthma Symptoms

A Cross Sectional Study for the Assessment of the Words Used by Patients and Physicians to Express Asthma Symptoms and the Limitations of Daily Activities in Primary Care. The Asthma Language Survey

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00986219

Enrollment

696

Registered

2009-09-29

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

2009-12-31

Last updated

2009-12-17

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Conditions

Asthma

Keywords

Asthma, Language, Symptoms,, Limitation of Daily activities, Patients, Physicians, Greece

Brief summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the concordance of the most frequently used words by the patients and the physicians to express asthma symptoms and the limitations of daily activities caused by asthma.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of persistent asthma treated with inhaled corticosteroid-based maintenance treatment for at least 6 months and followed up by the investigator for at least the same period of time

Exclusion criteria

* Patient with a cardiac disease (congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease) * Patient with a respiratory disease other than asthma (COPD, sleep apnoea 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 and the limitations of daily activities caused by asthma	Day 1

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The most frequently used words (lexical intensity) by the patient and the physician to express asthma symptoms and the limitations of daily activities.	Day 1
The concordance of words used by physicians and patients according to the level of asthma control (as assessed by ACQ).	Day 1
The actions recommended by the physician or those initiated by the patient and are associated with words that express symptoms.	Day 1

Countries

Greece

Outcome results