CompletedNot Applicable

Feasibility of an Asthma Online Social Intervention

United Kingdom526 participantsStarted 2022-12-09

Plain-language summary

The goal of this observational study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of an online intervention for people with troublesome asthma in primary care, involving a consultation with a primary care clinician to introduce and promote online peer support (i.e. support from other patients with asthma within an established and safe OHC). The main questions this study aims to answer are: * Is the intervention feasible and acceptable to patients? * Can the research team recruit patients and collect health-related data to identify the impact of this intervention on patients and what are the challenges to pursue further research to evaluate this intervention in a trial?

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Eligibility criteria for receiving the intervention in the feasibility study: * Patients with a diagnosis of asthma indicated in online clinical records. * Aged 16 years and above. * Have expressed, in the questionnaire survey, interest in receiving a digital social intervention. * Experience troublesome asthma (i.e. asthma control test (ACT) score of less than 20). * Sufficiently fluent in English to take part in a consultation and subsequent data collection procedures. * Competent to consent for themselves, as determined by a qualified primary care healthcare professional. Exclusion Criteria: Patients who are * Palliative or end-of-life. * Receiving institutional long-term care (i.e. receiving total care in residential homes or living in nursing homes). * Already a member of the ALUK OHC or other asthma OHCs/Facebook groups (general use of social media will not prevent participation).

What they're measuring

Number of patients on the asthma register in the recruited practices

Timeframe: Baseline

Number of: survey respondents, patients willing and unwilling to receive the intervention, participants who withdraw or have missing data

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Characteristics of: survey respondents, patients willing and unwilling to receive the intervention, participants who withdraw or have missing data

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Recruitment rate (i.e. proportion of asthma register and/or survey respondents interested in and eligible for the intervention)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Uptake rate (i.e. proportion of eligible patients consenting to the intervention and/or actively or passively engaging in the online health community (OHC) for the duration of the study)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Retention rate (i.e. proportion of patients providing valid measures at the end of the follow-up period)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Proportion of missing data (by outcome measure)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05829265

SponsorQueen Mary University of London

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2024-08-31

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Age range16 Years

SexALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.

What they're measuring

Number of patients on the asthma register in the recruited practices

Timeframe: Baseline

Number of: survey respondents, patients willing and unwilling to receive the intervention, participants who withdraw or have missing data

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Characteristics of: survey respondents, patients willing and unwilling to receive the intervention, participants who withdraw or have missing data

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Recruitment rate (i.e. proportion of asthma register and/or survey respondents interested in and eligible for the intervention)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Uptake rate (i.e. proportion of eligible patients consenting to the intervention and/or actively or passively engaging in the online health community (OHC) for the duration of the study)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Retention rate (i.e. proportion of patients providing valid measures at the end of the follow-up period)

Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 1 year

Proportion of missing data (by outcome measure)