Psychological Characteristics of Patients With Severe Asthma

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Like any chronic disease, asthma exposes individuals to stressful and threatening situations that require ongoing cognitive, emotional, behavioral and social adaptation. Approximately 5-10% of patients with asthma have a treatment-resistant disease, with frequent emergency room visits and hospitalizations. These patients are responsible for the majority of the overall asthma-related disease burden and also represent more than half of the total direct costs of asthma management. The scientific literature shows that personality traits, attachment type and psychological disorders will significantly influence disease coping strategies, disease experience, quality of life, adherence and therapeutic alliance. Although some data exist in asthma, there are currently no studies that have evaluated the overall psychological profile of asthma patients, and we have no data specifically on the population of severe asthmatics, who are the most difficult to manage. A better understanding of the overall psychological dimension of asthma patients will make it possible to offer therapeutic education programs that are more targeted according to the psychosocial skills of the patient and finally improve the overall management of the disease.

Official Title
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Psychological Characteristics of Patients With Severe Asthma

Conditions
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Asthma, Attachment, Coping Skills, Personality Trait

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaires


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patient aged ≥ 18 years and followed in the Respiratory Department of the Besançon University Hospital for an asthmatic disease diagnosed for more than 12 months. Will be considered as severe patients, asthma patients with uncontrolled asthma despite high therapeutic pressure (GINA levels 4 and 5) and patients requiring to be controlled high doses of inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta-2-agonists (or anti-leukotriene/theophylline) in the past year or systemic corticosteroid therapy (>50% in the previous year) (ATS-ERS 2014 criteria). Patient able to understand the objectives of the research Patient who has signed a research consent form Patient affiliated to a French social security system or beneficiary of such a system Exclusion Criteria: Patient with reading and comprehension difficulties that prevent them from completing the questionnaires Motor disability that prevents the patient from completing the questionnaires Legal incapacity or limited legal capacity Subject unlikely to cooperate with the study and/or poor cooperation anticipated by the the investigator Subject without health insurance Subject under court protection, guardianship, conservatorship, or protective supervision. protection.

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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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Asthma patients<br> | Other: Questionnaires<br>* The time to complete the different questionnaires is estimated to be 60 minutes.<br>* Other names: Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (French version);|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaires assessing coping strategies (ACL-F) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire personality traits (BFI-Fr) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire attachment types (RSQ) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire anxiety and depression (HADS) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire quality of life (AQLQ) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire patient-physician therapeutic alliance (WAI-SR) | 1 day | 
| Description of the psychological profile of severe asthma patients | Score on questionnaire 0Asthma Control Test (ACT) | 1 day |