Effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients in general practice: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Asthma
Asthma knowledge
Cluster randomized controlled trial
Digital intervention
Patient education
Primary care
Self-management
Journal
BMC pulmonary medicine
ISSN: 1471-2466
Titre abrégé: BMC Pulm Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 100968563
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Dec 2022
01 Dec 2022
Historique:
received:
09
09
2022
accepted:
27
10
2022
entrez:
1
12
2022
pubmed:
2
12
2022
medline:
6
12
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Asthma education programs (AEPs) have been shown to increase quality of life and reduce emergency treatments and hospital admissions. Despite the proven benefits, only a minority of asthma patients attend such programs. To increase the number of educated patients, an online education program (electronic AEP, eAEP) for asthma patients has been developed. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the eAEP in terms of asthma knowledge, asthma control and emergency treatments in general practice settings. This is a cluster randomized controlled trial including 100 patients with bronchial asthma from 20 general practices in Bavaria, Germany. General practices will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group will receive access to the eAEP and instructions to complete this program within two weeks. Patients in the control group will receive usual care including a referral to face-to-face AEP (fAEP) by a certified primary care physician or a pulmonologist according to guideline recommendations. Furthermore, patients of both the intervention and control groups will be invited to a follow-up consultation in their general practice after completion of the eAEP and fAEP (three weeks and twelve weeks after study inclusion, respectively) to discuss any open issues. Outcomes for both groups will be assessed at baseline (t The results of the present trial will provide knowledge about the effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients compared to usual care in primary care. German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), DRKS00028805 . Registered 22 April 2022.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Asthma education programs (AEPs) have been shown to increase quality of life and reduce emergency treatments and hospital admissions. Despite the proven benefits, only a minority of asthma patients attend such programs. To increase the number of educated patients, an online education program (electronic AEP, eAEP) for asthma patients has been developed. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the eAEP in terms of asthma knowledge, asthma control and emergency treatments in general practice settings.
METHODS
METHODS
This is a cluster randomized controlled trial including 100 patients with bronchial asthma from 20 general practices in Bavaria, Germany. General practices will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group will receive access to the eAEP and instructions to complete this program within two weeks. Patients in the control group will receive usual care including a referral to face-to-face AEP (fAEP) by a certified primary care physician or a pulmonologist according to guideline recommendations. Furthermore, patients of both the intervention and control groups will be invited to a follow-up consultation in their general practice after completion of the eAEP and fAEP (three weeks and twelve weeks after study inclusion, respectively) to discuss any open issues. Outcomes for both groups will be assessed at baseline (t
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSIONS
The results of the present trial will provide knowledge about the effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients compared to usual care in primary care.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
BACKGROUND
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), DRKS00028805 . Registered 22 April 2022.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36456965
doi: 10.1186/s12890-022-02217-2
pii: 10.1186/s12890-022-02217-2
pmc: PMC9713723
doi:
Types de publication
Clinical Trial Protocol
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
457Subventions
Organisme : Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
ID : 01GK1903A-D
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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