Educational Intervention to Improve Asthma Knowledge, Control, and Lung Function Randomized Clinical Trial

What this Trial Is About

This research aims to evaluate the effects of an educational program on people with asthma. The study focuses on understanding how education about asthma management can impact knowledge, clinical control, and lung function. It is a randomized controlled clinical trial involving participants from the Pulmonary Function Clinic of the Department of Physiotherapy at the Federal University of Paraba. Participants are divided into two groups a control group receiving standard clinic follow-up, and an experimental group receiving an educational intervention bundle based on the 2024 Global Initiative for Asthma GINA guidelines. The educational session is a single group meeting lasting about 60 minutes, covering asthma causes, inhaler use, triggers, self-management, environmental control, and the importance of a written treatment plan and regular medical check-ups. Participants in the experimental group also receive a booklet and a diary to track medication use and healthcare visits. Participants will be assessed at the start and again 12 weeks later. Evaluations include lung function tests spirometry, asthma knowledge, inhalation therapy control, clinical asthma control using the Asthma Control Test ACT and C-ACT questionnaires, the number of asthma attacks, medication usage, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits. The study aims to measure changes in clinical asthma control and knowledge retention, along with secondary outcomes like hospital visits and lung function, to understand the interventions impact over the study period.

Impact of Educational Intervention Protocol on the Level of Knowledge, Clinical Control and Lung Function of People With Asthma