Asthma, Smoking, Emotional Deficits

Hospices Civils de Lyon70 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Asthma Emotional Disorder Alexithymia

Interventions

Interview and tests of drawing.OTHER

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.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women (\> 18 years). * Asthma (mild, moderate, severe). * Beneficiary of social security Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * Patients who oppose their participation in the study * Multiple drug users (psychoactive substances). * Patients with severe psychiatric antecedents and comorbidities. * Patients with cancer * Patients with cognitive impairment * Patients with speech, hearing, visual, and praxic disorders. * Any chronic and especially respiratory pathology other than asthma (COPD, bronchiectasis), which can alter the study. * Patients not speaking French * Persons protected by law

Locations (1)

Service de Pneumologie Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse

Lyon, France