ASTADEM: Asthma, Smoking, Emotional Deficits
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The objective of the study is to determine whether poor control of asthma is related to an emotional deficit such as alexithymia. The hypothesis is that there is a correlation between the severity of asthma, its control, and the degree of emotional deficits.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Asthma population Patients (men and women) asthmatic smokers and non-smokers followed routinely in the pulmonology department, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils of Lyon. |
Other: Interview and tests of drawing.
The intervention will take place with patients followed for asthma at the Croix Rousse hospital. Patients agreeing to participate in the study will come to the hospital for one hour and a half. They will answer questionnaires and tests of drawing. Results Restitution Session (optional) is proposed to patients within the next 4 weeks during a routine consultation.
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Poor control of asthma [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
The poor asthma control is defined by a score <20 on the ACT test
- Emotional deficit such as alexithymia [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
Defined by a score ≥ 44 points/100 on the Toronto scale
- Emotional deficit indicator traces [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
Identifying indicator traces of emotional deficits according to the dimensions defining the alexithymia on the test of the tree and the drawing of the person
- Depression [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale
- Anxiety [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
Defined by a score ≥ 11 points on the HADS scale
- Emotional valences [During routine visit (one hour and a half)]
Defined by 8 scores distinct on Diener's subjective well-being scale
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Men and women (> 18 years).
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Asthma (mild, moderate, severe).
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Beneficiary of social security
Exclusion Criteria:
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Pregnant women
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Patients who oppose their participation in the study
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Multiple drug users (psychoactive substances).
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Patients with severe psychiatric antecedents and comorbidities.
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Patients with cancer
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Patients with cognitive impairment
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Patients with speech, hearing, visual, and praxic disorders.
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Any chronic and especially respiratory pathology other than asthma (COPD, bronchiectasis), which can alter the study.
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Patients not speaking French
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Persons protected by law
Contacts and Locations
Locations
| Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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| 1 | Service de Pneumologie Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse | Lyon | France | 69004 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 69HCL17_0159