Effectiveness of an Integrated Care Program on Asthma Control and Inhaled Corticosteroids Adherence (RESPIRE)

March 28, 2017 updated by: Line Guénette, Laval University

Impact of an Integrated Care Intervention Program on Asthmatic Patients.

The investigators propose to implement and evaluate an integrated care program for enhancing the care of patients with asthma in a region of Quebec province, Canada. The investigators will implement our intervention in a family medicine group practice setting and plan to deliver it to 150 experimental group subjects. The investigators will simultaneously study 300 control subjects who are receiving usual care in other regions of the province of Quebec. Our hypothesis is that the program will improve the quality of life of patients with asthma exposed to the program, asthma control, inhaled corticosteroid adherence, knowledge of asthma, and a number of variables that relate to the conceptual model selected as a framework for this study (the PRECEDE-PROCEED model of Green and Kreuter).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

349

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Quebec
      • Québec, Quebec, Canada, G1S 4L8
        • Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

12 years to 45 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Individuals aged 12 to 45 years, for whom the pharmacists had dispensed at least one anti-asthma drug in the previous six months were screened and randomly contacted by phone. Those who reported an asthma diagnosis and who were using a short-acting beta-2-agonist (SABA) >3 times a week (except before exercise) or a corticosteroid (inhaled or oral), irrespective of frequency were included.

Exclusion Criteria:

Pregnancy, no prior asthma diagnosis, participation in an ongoing respiratory study, or another respiratory illness.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Integrated care program
Other: Integrated care program
Integrated care program meant in effect, calling on the family medicine group (FMG) nurses to evaluate and support asthmatic patients. The FMG and asthma education centre (AEC) nurses received special training and followed a protocol based on the theoretical model and the Canadian asthma management recommendations then in force. The protocol had five main aspects: 1) asthma assessment, 2) self-management, 3) environment and lifestyle, 4) collaborative care plan, and 5) information sharing and follow-up.
No Intervention: Control group
This group kept receiving usual care from their health care professionals.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Asthma control
Time Frame: One year
The primary outcome was asthma control, measured with the validated Asthma Control Questionnaire.
One year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Adherence to ICS
Time Frame: One year
Adherence to medication for each participant reporting an inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) prescription was assessed using two measures; the validated Morisky medication adherence scale (MMAS-4) composed of 4 questions (yes/no) about past medication use patterns, and the medication possession ratio (MPR), a validated objective measure based on pharmacy records.
One year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Implementation of the program
Time Frame: One year
One year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Laval University

Collaborators

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jocelyne Moisan, Ph.D., URESP, Centre hospitalier affilié universitaire de Québec

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2007

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 18, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 19, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

March 20, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 30, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 28, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • DR-002-1077

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