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Evaluation of asthma knowledge and quality of life in Hungarian asthmatics . BACKGROUND The objective was to develop an educational instrument , to assess its impact as an intervention instrument and to examine quality of life ( QoL ) . METHODS 119 asthmatics were randomized ( 64 in the intervention and 55 in the reference group ) . The education instrument was developed based on the EuroPharm-Forum Guidelines and its impact assessed by a self-developed questionnaire . Patients ' QoL , asthma knowledge was assessed twice , once before and after the education seminar , education was only provided for the intervention group . QoL was measured with the St George 's Respiratory Questionnaire ( SGRQ ) and a visual analogue scale ( VAS ) . RESULTS We found significant differences in answers to the asthma questions , by 40 % improvement , but no changes in the control group . In inhaler-use technique , we could not find significant changes neither in the intervention nor in the control group . There were no significant differences between the results of the two visits neither with the VAS nor with the SGRQ on the QoL data . CONCLUSION The results indicate that asthmatics experience lower QoL . As the subjects were regularly controlled asthmatics they had better general knowledge and inhaler-use technique was expected . The results suggest that it is necessary to regularly refresh asthma knowledge , to assess patients ' self-management plans to achieve long-term effectiveness of asthma management .
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educational instrument
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Intervention_Control
reference
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Intervention_Educational
education instrument
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Intervention_Educational
education seminar
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Outcome_Other
QoL
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Outcome_Other
St George 's Respiratory Questionnaire ( SGRQ )
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Outcome_Other
visual analogue scale ( VAS )
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Outcome_Other
VAS
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Outcome_Other
SGRQ
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QoL data
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Outcome_Other
QoL
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Participant_Condition
asthmatics
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Participant_Sample-size
119