Prevalence and Characterisation of Asthma Patients According to Disease Severity in Portugal

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

842 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-04-30

Study Completion Date

2024-03-06

Brief Summary

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This study aims to determine the prevalence of Asthma, Difficult-to-Treat and Severe Asthma in Portugal, and characterize patients to better understand their disease characteristics, treatment profile and health care resource use to improve clinical management of the disease.

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Detailed Description

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Data on the epidemiology of asthma in Portugal were mainly grounded in studies using questionnaires and covering limited age groups. Studies assessing the prevalence of asthma diagnosis and of its sub-groups with more accurate methods are therefore needed This study aims to determine the prevalence of asthma, difficult-to-treat and severe asthma in Portugal, and to characterize patients to better understand their disease characteristics, treatment profile and health care resource use to improve clinical management of the disease.

We will conduct a population-based nationwide study with a multicentre stepwise approach, enrolling 7500 adult subjects, randomly selected, from the Portuguese National Health Service patients' database of 38 primary care centres:

STAGE 0 - Phone call invitation and enrolment of participants STAGE 1 - Telephone interview survey to assess respiratory symptoms. STAGE 2 - Clinical assessment, diagnostic confirmation, and patient characterization STAGE 3 - Characterization of asthma patients (sub-group) and characterization of difficult- to-treat asthma \& severe asthma patients after 3 months follow up period.

Conditions

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Asthma

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adults =\>18 years old registered in Portuguese National Health service patients' database of primary care units.
* Give voluntary signed informed consent,
* Ability to understand ans answer questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria

* Participants that have a physical condition that could interfere with the study assessments or prevent the participant from adequately participating in the study (e.g. mobility problems, not able to perform spirometry,…)

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes