Distance Education Versus Usual Care Qualification in Asthma Care

Distance Education Versus Usual Care in the Qualification of Asthma Care: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial - RESPIRANET

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of multifaceted educational interventions in the care of asthma, conducted remotely over the platform TelessaúdeRS in teams of the Family Health Strategy and the consequent clinical improvement patients.

Cluster-randomized trial with follow-up of 6 months. The aim of this study is to determine whether multifaceted interventions performed at a distance for the care of asthma symptoms reduce overhead, improve asthma control and qualify the care provided to patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Practice:Participate in the Telessaúde/RS. Minimal staff consisting of a general practitioner, nurse, nurse and community health agents (CHA), ability to give at least ten patients diagnosed with asthma, located in a municipality to make available for free inhaled medication (short-acting bronchodilators and corticosteroids ) for the treatment of asthma and willingness to participate in the study.
• Patients: 5 to 45 years with a diagnosis of asthma made by a physician and register at least one consultation for asthma or an asthma-related hospitalization during the year preceding the beginning of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with other chronic diseases with pulmonary complications such as tuberculosis, cancer and cystic fibrosis or those with severe mental illness