PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Vicente Plaza
AU  - Meritxell Peiró
AU  - Montserrat Torrejón
AU  - Monica Fletcher
AU  - Antolín López-Viña
AU  - José María Ignacio
AU  - José Antonio Quintano
AU  - Santiago Bardagí
AU  - Ignasi Gich
TI  - A repeated short educational intervention improves asthma control and quality of life
AID  - 10.1183/13993003.00458-2015
DP  - 2015 Nov 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1298--1307
VI  - 46
IP  - 5
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/5/1298.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/46/5/1298.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2015 Nov 01; 46
AB  - We assessed the effectiveness of an asthma educational programme based on a repeated short intervention (AEP-RSI) to improve asthma control (symptom control and future risk) and quality of life.A total of 230 adults with mild-to-moderate persistent uncontrolled asthma participated in a 1-year cluster randomised controlled multicentre study. The AEP-RSI was given in four face-to-face sessions at 3-month intervals, and included administration of a written personalised action plan and training on inhaler technique. Centres were randomised to the AEP-RSI (intervention) group or usual clinical practice group. Specialised centres using a standard educational programme were the gold standard group.A significant improvement in the Asthma Control Test score was observed in all three groups (p<0.001), but improvements were higher in the intervention and gold standard groups than in the usual clinical practice group (p=0.042), which also showed fewer exacerbations (mean±sd; 1.20±2.02 and 0.56±1.5 versus 2.04±2.72, respectively) and greater increases in the Mini Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire scores (0.95±1.04 and 0.89±0.84 versus 0.52±0.97, respectively).The AEP-RSI was effective in improving asthma symptom control, future risk and quality of life.An educational programme based on a repeated short intervention for asthma is effective and easily to use in practice http://ow.ly/QUEx7