Asthma
Conditions
Keywords
Physical Activity, Pedometers, Quality of Life
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a pedometer-based unsupervised exercise program is more effective than a general exercise recommendation to increase lifestyle physical activity in adult patients with asthma.
Detailed description
The patients will be randomized in two groups: the intervention group will receive a standardized advice to physical activity practice plus pedometers and step goals to achieve over the next twelve weeks and the control group will receive the same standardized advice to physical activity practice and usual care.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALPedometer-based physical activity prescription
After baseline assessments, both groups will receive a educational session, regarding important aspects of asthma plus a unsupervised exercise prescription (walking, 5 times per week, for at least 30 minutes). Only the experimental group will receive a pedometer-based physical activity prescription, consisting of targets (steps per day) to be achieved. The initial target will be determined based on the average of steps per day assessed during the baseline assessments plus 1000 steps. The targets will be biweekly. Both groups will be contact once a week (by phone) and will be asked to return for asthma control assessments once a month.
Sponsors
Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Asthma diagnosis for at least 6 months (according to Global Initiative for Asthma criteria) * Regular drug therapy (inhaled corticosteroids or inhaled corticosteroids plus long-acting beta-agonists) * Clinical stability during the run-in period (3 weeks)
Exclusion criteria
* Physical activity practice over once a week * Disabling musculoskeletal disease * Cardiopathy * Other lung disease * More than 10 pack-years of smoking * Pregnancy * Refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lifestyle physical activity | 12 weeks | The lifestyle physical activity will be estimated as the mean number of steps taken in six days using a pedometer (SW200, YAMAX,Tokyo, Japan) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise capacity | 12 weeks | Exercise capacity will be assessed through the six-minute walking teste. |
| Asthma Health related quality of life | 12 weeks | Asthma Health related quality of life will be assessed through the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire. |
| Asthma Control | 12 weeks | Asthma Control will be assessed through the Asthma Control Questionnaire |
| Depression and anxiety | 12 weeks | Depression and anxiety will be assessed through the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale |
| Asthma exacerbations | 12 weeks | Asthma exacerbations will be assessed through exacerbation diaries. |
Countries
Brazil
Outcome results
None listed