Risk factors for new asthma attacks in a low-income populatio
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Asthmatic crisis
- Registration Number
- RBR-44c79db
- Lead Sponsor
- Associacao ProAR
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Attendance at public emergency service in the City of Salvador due to an asthma attack 15 days before; Age greater than or equal to 12 years, without distinction of sex; Live in the city of Salvador, Bahia
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnant women at the time of inclusion; Patients with impaired understanding and verbal communication; Be participating or have participated in a clinical trial; Diagnosis of comorbidities that make it difficult to assess asthma: other respiratory diseases, history of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), neurological disease, congestive heart failure (CHF), myopathies, psychiatric diseases and advanced neoplasia; History of smoking greater than or equal to 10 packs per year; No landline or mobile phone.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assess for recurrence of a severe asthma attack (binary outcome). The data will be evaluated quarterly through telephone interviews (2 to 4). Frequencies and measures of central tendency will present data.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Assess time to recurrence of severe asthma attack, number of severe asthma attacks in 12 months, asthma control, access to health services, adequate use of inhalation devices, frequency of hospitalisations and visits to emergency units, and treatment adherence. The method used to measure the outcomes will be the application of standardised questionnaires through quarterly telephone contacts (a total of 2 to 4 contacts). Results will be presented as absolute and relative frequencies and measures of central tendency.