Psychological Characteristics of Patients With Severe Asthma

Launched by CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE BESANCON · Feb 13, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying the psychological characteristics of patients with severe asthma. Researchers want to learn how factors like personality, coping skills, and emotional support affect how people with asthma manage their condition. Severe asthma can be very challenging, leading to more hospital visits and higher healthcare costs, so understanding the emotional and psychological aspects could help develop better treatment and support programs tailored to each patient's needs.

To participate in the trial, you need to be at least 18 years old and have been diagnosed with asthma for more than a year. You should also have severe asthma that doesn't improve with high doses of medication. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires to help researchers understand their experiences and coping strategies. This study is open to all genders, and it aims to provide valuable insights that could improve asthma care in the future. If you're interested, you will need to sign a consent form and be part of the French social security system to participate.

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Eligibility criteria

• 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.