Clinical Trial: Effects of Multidisciplinary Interventions in Elderly Asthma Patients With Risk of Acute Exacerbation
Study Status: Not yet recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title:
Brief Summary:
We want to examine the effect of multidisciplinary interventions in asthma patients who had experienced acute exacerbation of asthma.
In our previous observational studies, elderly asthma patients had a some distinct features such as impairment of cognitive function, deficiency of micronutrient and absence of caregiver compared with young adult asthmatics.
We wanted to evaluate whether the long-term course of asthma could be modified by intervening deficienies which were found in elderly patiensts.
So, we designed a interventional study to correct above risk factors in elderly asthma patients, which could be aggravating their asthma. Followings are our specific multidiciplinary items that we want to correct.
- popularize and educate the asthma action plan
- run a emergency call system for acute exacerbation
- educate the proper techniques using inhalers
- correct the deficiency of magnesium (magnesium 500 mg per day)
After 1 years, we will measure the numbers of acute exacerbations, lung function including FEV1 and FEV1/FVC, health-related quality of life and level of serum magnesium in study patients.
Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Sang-Heon Cho
Current Primary Outcome: Number of acute exacerbation of asthma [ Time Frame: 1 year from enrollment ]
Original Primary Outcome: Same as current
Current Secondary Outcome:
- Pulmonary function test [ Time Frame: 1 year after enrollment ]measure when subjects visits the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
- Asthma control status [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
- asthma quality of life questionnaire [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
- serum magnesium level [ Time Frame: one year from enrollment ]measure when subjects visit the clinic at 3, 6, 12 month after enrollment
Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current
Information By: Seoul National University Hospital
Dates:
Date Received: April 26, 2013
Date Started: June 2012
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 26, 2013
Last Verified: April 2013