Status:
COMPLETED
Can Education for South Asians With Asthma and Their Clinicians Reduce Unscheduled Care? A Randomised Trial
Lead Sponsor:
Barts & The London NHS Trust
Collaborating Sponsors:
Asthma UK
Social Action for Health
Conditions:
Asthma
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-65 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
People from ethnic minority groups suffer worse ill-health from asthma than those from majority groups. No studies have reduced emergency care for people from minority groups. We have developed an edu...
Detailed Description
Health inequalities between ethnic minority and majority groups exist for all chronic diseases and are a government priority for action. For asthma, poorer outcomes for people from minority groups are...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Recent hospital attendance (A\&E, admitted) with uncontrolled asthma
- or recent out of hours (GP service) walk in centre attendance with uncontrolled asthma
- South Asian ancestry (Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan)
- registered with a GP in Newham or Tower Hamlets
Exclusion
- patients not of South Asian origin
- aged under 3 years
- not currently registered with a local GP
- physician diagnosis of pure COPD
- patients unable to give informed consent
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
375 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00214669
Start Date
November 1 2005
End Date
April 1 2009
Last Update
November 5 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Barts and TheLondon, Queen Marys's School of Medicine and Dentistry
London, United Kingdom, E1 4NS