Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients with asthma (EPRA study) - A prospective randomized intervention study (waiting group design)
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- J45Asthma
- Registration Number
- DRKS00007740
- Lead Sponsor
- Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bayern Süd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 412
Inclusion Criteria
1. All rehabilitation patients with leading diagnosis Asthma
(= rehabilitation diagnosis)
2nd and lack of asthma control (ACT = 19 points)
3rd and Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with a lack of language skills and / or
2. lacking cognitive ability and / or
3. severe comorbid diseases that overlay the results of the outcome parameters relevant and clinically leading (e. g. tumors, severe cardiac, orthopedic and psychological comorbidities)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary Outcome = asthma control. This is measured by the Asthma Control Test (ACT; Schatz et al., 2006) at T0, T1, T2 and T3 (parallel in the IG and CG = RCT). At the measurement times T4-T8 the results of the two groups will be pooled and analyzed the sense of an observational study (1 year follow-up). <br><br>IG: T0 = baseline = rehab permission (1 month before starting with rehab), T1 = Beginning of rehabilitation, T2 = End of rehabilitation (duration 3 weeks), T3, T4, T5, T6 = 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after discharge from rehab.<br>GC (passes the same rehab, but starts 4 months later). T0 = baseline, T1 = 4 months prior to rehabilitation, T2 = 3 months prior to rehabilitation, T3 = start of rehabilitation (duration 3 weeks), T4 = end of rehabilitation; T5-T8 = 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after the end of rehabilitation.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method