Can inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation improve asthma self-management at work? A randomized controlled trial in individuals with asthma

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: J45
Asthma

Registration Number: DRKS00031843

Lead Sponsor: Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 180

Inclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of bronchial asthma before the start of the pandemic (before March 2020, to ensure that asthma, not long/post COVID is the leading diagnosis) + Confirmation of diagnosis (ICD-10 code: J45) in rehabilitation by pulmonary physician; employment in an employee or civil servant relationship subject to social insurance with at least 15 hours of work per week; worked with diagnosis for at least 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

leading diagnosis/referral diagnosis COPD or long/post COVID

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
T1 (rehabilitation start, before intervention) - T2 ( rehabilitation end, after intervention): behavioural intention regarding the implementation of adequate asthma self-management,<br>T1 (rehabilitation start, before intervention)- T3 (3-month follow-up): asthma self-management at work <br>(items self-constructed during preliminary work)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
T1 - T2 - T3: knowledge of asthma-self-management at work (self-constructed), job-related self-efficacy regarding the implementation of adequate asthma self-management (self-constructed), number of sick days (self-constructed), number of exacerbations (self-constructed), asthma control (Asthma Control Test), asthma-related quality of life (The Marks Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire,), subjective employment prognosis (Scale Measuring the Subjective Prognosis of Gainful Employment)