Asthma is the most frequent respiratory disease during pregnancy. In a third of cases, the level of asthma control can decrease during the pregnancy, especially between the 29th and the 36th week. The occurrence of such complications are linked with a high asthma severity level just before the conception and an history of respiratory complications in a previous pregnancy. Many reviews and recommendations claim that pregnant women with asthma should be included in an educational progamme. However, this is poorly studied. The purpose of this study is to observe if an educational programme given before the 20th weeks of gestation has an effect on asthma control until the end of gestation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
80
Three face-to-face appointments (\<20, 36 weeks of gestation and 12 weeks after the baby birth). Topics: What is asthma? What influence the course of asthma? How to monitor it? How to manage it?
CHU St Pierre; pulmonology department
Brussels, Belgium
The level of asthma control
Assessment by the Asthma Control Questionnaire
Time frame: Inclusion (baseline), 36 weeks of gestation, 12 weeks post partum
Number of unscheduled visits to the doctor for asthma
Time frame: Inclusion (baseline), 36 weeks of gestation, 12 weeks post partum
Quality of life
Asthma Quality of life questionnaire
Time frame: Inclusion (baseline), 36 weeks of gestation, 12 weeks post partum
Knowledge about asthma
Survey of asthma knowledge of French language Questionnaire de connaissance de l'asthme de langue française
Time frame: Inclusion (baseline), 36 weeks of gestation, 12 weeks post partum
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