ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022
Effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients in general practice: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
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- Experiences of general practice teams and their patients with clinical research-a mixed-methods process evaluation of the Bavarian Research Practice Network (BayFoNet).BMC primary care · 2025Trial
- The impact of asthma education grounded in virtual reality technology upon the quality of life of pediatric patients with bronchial asthma.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Autonomy preferences and behaviors towards asthma medication in online asthma education: a secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial in adults with asthma.European clinical respiratory journal · 2025Article
- Expectations of general practitioners on a practice based research network in Germany- a qualitative study within the Bavarian Research Practice Network (BayFoNet).BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Process evaluation in practice based research networks: a study protocol for a mixed-methods implementation study.BMJ open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAsthma education programs (AEPs) have been shown to increase quality of life and reduce emergency treatments and hospital admissions. Despite the proven benefits, only a minority of asthma patients attend such programs. To increase the number of educated patients, an online education program (electronic AEP, eAEP) for asthma patients has been developed. The present study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the eAEP in terms of asthma knowledge, asthma control and emergency treatments in general practice settings.
methodsThis is a cluster randomized controlled trial including 100 patients with bronchial asthma from 20 general practices in Bavaria, Germany. General practices will be randomly assigned to either the intervention or control group. Patients in the intervention group will receive access to the eAEP and instructions to complete this program within two weeks. Patients in the control group will receive usual care including a referral to face-to-face AEP (fAEP) by a certified primary care physician or a pulmonologist according to guideline recommendations. Furthermore, patients of both the intervention and control groups will be invited to a follow-up consultation in their general practice after completion of the eAEP and fAEP (three weeks and twelve weeks after study inclusion, respectively) to discuss any open issues. Outcomes for both groups will be assessed at baseline (t DISCUSSION: The results of the present trial will provide knowledge about the effectiveness of an online education program for asthma patients compared to usual care in primary care.
trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register (DRKS), DRKS00028805 . Registered 22 April 2022.
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