Asthma, Smoking, Emotional Deficits

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The objective of the study is to determine whether poor control of asthma is related to an emotional deficit such as alexithymia. The hypothesis is that there is a correlation between the severity of asthma, its control, and the degree of emotional deficits.

Official Title
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Asthma, Smoking, Emotional Deficits

Conditions
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Asthma, Emotional Disorder, Alexithymia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Interview and tests of drawing.


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Men and women (> 18 years). Asthma (mild, moderate, severe). Beneficiary of social security Exclusion Criteria: Pregnant women Patients who oppose their participation in the study Multiple drug users (psychoactive substances). Patients with severe psychiatric antecedents and comorbidities. Patients with cancer Patients with cognitive impairment Patients with speech, hearing, visual, and praxic disorders. Any chronic and especially respiratory pathology other than asthma (COPD, bronchiectasis), which can alter the study. Patients not speaking French Persons protected by law

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Asthma population<br>Patients (men and women) asthmatic smokers and non-smokers followed routinely in the pulmonology department, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils of Lyon. | Other: Interview and tests of drawing.<br>* The intervention will take place with patients followed for asthma at the Croix Rousse hospital. Patients agreeing to participate in the study will come to the hospital for one hour and a half. They will answer questionnaires and tests of drawing. Results Restitution Session (optional) is proposed to patients within the next 4 weeks during a routine consultation.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Poor control of asthma | The poor asthma control is defined by a score <20 on the ACT test | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | 
| Emotional deficit such as alexithymia | Defined by a score ≥ 44 points/100 on the Toronto scale | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | 
| Emotional deficit indicator traces | Identifying indicator traces of emotional deficits according to the dimensions defining the alexithymia on the test of the tree and the drawing of the person | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | 
| Depression | Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | 
| Anxiety | Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale | During routine visit (one hour and a half) | 
| Emotional valences | Defined by 8 scores distinct on Diener's subjective well-being scale | During routine visit (one hour and a half) |