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Trial reportInternational journal of nursing practice2024

The effect of web-designed education on medication adherence, asthma control and fatigue in patients with asthma: A randomized controlled trial.

Eylül Gülnur Erdoğan, Özlem Örsal

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Trial report in International journal of nursing practice, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Eylül Gülnur ErdoğanDepartment of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Bilecik Seyh Edebali University, Bilecik, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-4770-385X
Özlem ÖrsalDepartment of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir, Turkey.

Funding

Eskisehir Osmangazi University Scientific Research Projects Coordinator TDK-2021-1614
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThis study aimed to determine the effect of web-designed education developed for asthma patients on drug adherence, asthma control and fatigue.

methodsThis randomized controlled trial was conducted between August 2021 and January 2022 with 200 individuals suffering from poor asthma control who participated in web-designed education. After the intervention, the asthma patients were followed up for 6 weeks to measure Medication Adherence Report Scale (MARS), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma Fatigue Scale (CAFS), Asthma Control Test (ACT) and Inhalation Devices Usage Techniques Knowledge Test (IDUSTKT). Data were analysed in the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences program using the Chi-square test, Independent t-test, Man-Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test, Paired t-test, Greenhouse-Geisser (F) test and Linear regression.

resultsThe web-designed education had a statistically significant effect on the total scores of CAFS, ACT and IDUSTKT for individuals with asthma (p < 0.001). This intervention decreased fatigue levels, improved asthma control and enhanced knowledge of inhalation device usage techniques. Although there was an improvement in medication adherence, this difference was not statistically significant.

conclusionThese results suggest that web-based educational programs can be an effective tool in asthma management and may improve patients' quality of life. Future research should examine the long-term effects of such educational programs and their effectiveness across different demographic groups in more detail.

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AsthmaDrug MonitoringFatiguePatient Education as TopicAdultAgedFemaleHumansInternetMaleMiddle Agedasthmaasthma controlfatiguemedication adherenceweb‐designed education

Identifiers

PMID39031297
PMCPMC11608928

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