Impact of Exercise on Ashtma in Adults

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The aim of this study is to evaluate if physical activity could improve asthma control and management in adults. With this purpose we enroll asthmatic patients between 18-64 years old, and randomized them into 2 groups: in the first, patients will receive some workshops about asthma en physical exercise; in the second no educational intervention will be done. All patients will use a step counter in order to evaluate their activity during the study. Spirometric values and questionnaries about asthma control and quality of life will be recorded for all patients. Finally 2 groups will be comparated in order to search any difference in quality of life and asthma control.

Detailed Description
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52 asthmatic will be enrolled and randomized into 2 groups. All patients will send a weekly summary of their physical activity (mean number of steps and time of physical activity). All patients will be undergone to a medical visit at month 1 and 3 since study start. In each visit a spirometry, a FeNo, ACQ and AQLQ questionnaires will be done. The patients of the intervention group will receive 3 workshops about asthma and physical exercise in order to provide information, medical support, and to resolve any question or difficulty about it. The workshops will be al week 1, 2 and 4 since study start.

Official Title
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Impact of Exercise on Asthma Control and Management in Adults

Conditions
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Asthma, Physical Inactivity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: workshop
* Other: no workshop


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: asthma well controlled sedentarism (<150 min physical activity/day and/or <7000 daily steps) Exclusion Criteria: pregnancy cardiological, not well controlled deseases other cronic pulmonary deseases bad asthma control not sign IC unable to practice physical activity (for cognitive or physical conditions) no devices able to count steps and physical activity

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 64 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: Supportive Care
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: Intervention<br>asthmatic patients who receive the educative intervention | Behavioral: workshop<br>* Patients will receive workshops and they will encourage to practice physical activity<br>|
| Placebo Comparator: no intervention<br>asthmatic patients who don't receive the educative intervention | Other: no workshop<br>* patients won't receive educative workshops<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Improvement of asthma control | change of 0.5 points in Asthma Control Questionnaire (0-6; higher score means worse result) | 3 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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asthma, sedentarism, spirometry, physical excercise