IMPlementation strategies of internet-based Asthma Self-management Support in usual carE (IMPASSE) Trial

Completed

Conditions: uchtwegaandoening: astma
asthma

Registration Number: NL-OMON35913

Lead Sponsor: eids Universitair Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 420

Inclusion Criteria

(All of the following criteria)
• age 18-50 yr
• doctors diagnosis of asthma
• patients who need inhaled corticosteroids as controller medication (step 2-4 GINA
guideline) and / or montelukast inhaled corticosteroids >= 3 months in the previous year
• access to the internet
• written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to understand written and oral Dutch instructions
• active diseases likely to interfere with the purpose of the study, such as a terminal illness or a severe psychiatric disease
• daily or alternate day oral corticosteroid therapy for at least 1 month before entering the study
• patients who are primarily under treatment by a pulmonologist

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p> 1. the proportion of practices that participate in IBSM, 2. the proportion of<br /><br>referred patients that participate in IBSM and 3. asthma related quality of<br /><br>life in participating patients.</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Patient level: clinical outcomes (asthma control, lung function, usage of<br /><br>airway treatment and presence of exacerbations); self-management related<br /><br>outcomes (health education impact, medication adherence and illness<br /><br>perceptions); asthma related quality of life and patient utilities.<br /><br>Professional and organizational level: adherence of professionals to<br /><br>implementation strategies, experience with IBSM and feasibility of IBSM in<br /><br>daily practice. Cost-effectiveness: medical costs and health care consumption. </p><br>