Education, Self-Management & Empowerment in Exacerbation-Prone Asthma
Research type
Research Study
Full title
ESMENA: Education, Self-management and Empowerment in exacerbation-prone asthma; a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) participatory action research intervention, providing education for patients with exacerbation-prone asthma. The aim is to improve their asthma control and empower them to better self-manage their asthma.
IRAS ID
256682
Contact name
AJ Chauhan
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN17338269
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
There is a significant unmet need in severe asthma, from effective treatments to strategies at improving outcomes through empowerment and education. ESMENA (Education, Self-Management and Empowerment in exacerbatioN prone Asthma) is a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) participatory action research intervention providing education for patients with exacerbation-prone asthma. Through education, the aim is for patients to have a better of their asthma, which will empower them to better self-manage their condition. It will target at-risk groups of patients who have attended the Emergency Department for treatment or who heavily reply on unscheduled care at their GP, who are not already known to secondary or tertiary asthma services. The aim of the programme is to provide these individuals with the education and tools that they need to improve disease control and overall quality of life.
Education is a central component to improving an individual’s self-management of their asthma. There is good evidence that self-management education, particularly targeted at those individuals who have had ED attendances or hospital admissions, can reduce subsequent use of healthcare resources.
Patients who frequently exacerbate and either rely on unscheduled GP appointments or attend the emergency department at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth will be identified through audit and a review of asthma clinic referral letters and will be invited to attend the education programme. The programme will be delivered in the community in non-clinical environments by different members of the asthma multi-disciplinary team. Groups of patients will take part in a variety of interactive sessions and following each session, anonymous feedback will be used to improve future sessions. Markers of asthma control and quality of life will be recorded at baseline, after the education programme and six months following the education, to assess both the effectiveness of the programme and its delivery.REC name
South Central - Berkshire Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/SC/0005
Date of REC Opinion
5 Feb 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion