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- Title:
An Internet-Based Asthma Self-Management Program Increases Knowledge About Asthma.
- Document type:
- Article; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial
- Author(s):
- Kohler, Benedikt; Kellerer, Christina; Schultz, Konrad; Wittmann, Michael; Atmann, Oxana; Linde, Klaus; Hapfelmeier, Alexander; Schneider, Antonius
- Abstract:
- BACKGROUND: Asthma education (AE) is associated with reduced hospitalization and disability. We compared the effectiveness of an electronic AE program (eAEP) with a conventional face-to-face AE program (presence-based AEP; pAEP) for asthma knowledge (AK) with regard to self-management. METHODS: A randomized controlled pilot study was conducted in a pulmonary reha- bilitation clinic. AK was determined by means of the Asthma Knowledge Test (AKT). The change in AKT score within each group was calculated with a paired t-test. Group differences were estimated with adjusted linear regression models. RESULTS: In the intervention group (n = 41), the AKT score increased from 41.57 (standard deviation 5.63) at baseline to 45.82 (3.84) after completion of the eAEP (p < 0.001), and again to 47.20 (3.78) after completion of the pAEP (p = 0.046). In the control group (n = 41), the score increased from 41.73 (4.74) at baseline to 45.72 (3.65) after completion of the pAEP (p < 0.001). There was no relevant differ- ence in knowledge gain between the eAEP and the pAEP group after completion of the corresponding educational sessions (p = 0.881). The AKT score was higher in the eAEP group after obligatory participation in pAEP than in the group that only completed the pAEP (p = 0.020). CONCLUSION: An internet-based AEP could help to reduce the knowledge deficits of a large proportion of patients with asthma.
- Journal title abbreviation:
- Dtsch Arztebl Int
- Year:
- 2020
- Journal volume:
- 117
- Journal issue:
- 5
- Pages contribution:
- 64-71
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.3238/arztebl.2020.0064
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070472
- Print-ISSN:
- 1866-0452
- TUM Institution:
- Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie; Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Schneider) (keine SAP-Zuordnung!)
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- mediaTUM GesamtbestandHochschulbibliographie2020FakultätenMedizinInstitut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie
- mediaTUM GesamtbestandEinrichtungenSchools TUM School of Medicine and HealthDepartmentsClinical MedicineInstitut für Allgemeinmedizin und Versorgungsforschung (Prof. Schneider)Lehrstuhl für Allgemeinmedizin (Prof. Schneider)2020