Impact of Increased Physical Activity in Young Adult Asthmatic Patients on Patient Perception of Pulmonary Health and Exercise
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Asthma in Young Adults
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
- Enrollment
- 15
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire Score as a result of increased physical activity.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Investigators want to study to see if patients who participate in a physical activity intervention involving increasing daily step counts will have better mini asthma quality of life questionnaire (Mini AQLQ) scores at the end of the study period compared to patients that are in the control group and do not increase daily step counts. Participants will be randomized into the two groups.
Detailed Description
The Control group (usual care group) of 75 patients will not participate in the intervention but will take an asthma control survey at baseline (point of enrollment into the study) and about 4-6 weeks after. The Intervention group of 75 patients who will participate in the intervention of step counts and take an asthma control survey at baseline (point of enrollment into the study) and about 4-6 weeks after.
Investigators
Jason Woloski
Clinical Assistant Professor Family Medicine, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine; Assistant Program Director, Geisinger Kistler Family Medicine Residency; Principal Investigator
Geisinger Clinic
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients within the Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre Primary Care clinic with a diagnosis of mild to moderate asthma
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with any medical history which would prohibit their ability to participate in increased exercise, and/or patients that are diagnosed or associated with severe asthma
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire Score as a result of increased physical activity.
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Any improvement in the score will be considered an improvement, since other than physical activity changes via step counts no other pharmacologic or lifestyle intervention will be made. Results will be compared to a control group who complete the survey without any intervention at two dates separated in time. Improvement in asthma symptoms can improve quality of life for participants. As noted by developers of the questionnaire being used in this study, "the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire has been developed to measure the functional (physical, emotional, occupational and social) problems that are most troublesome to adults with asthma ... the impact that asthma has on a patient's quality of life cannot be inferred from the clinical indices." Descriptive statistics including means, standard deviations, medians, and interquartile ranges for continuous variables and frequency counts and percentages for categorical variables will be presented.