Intervention Protocol

Chronic disease management programs for adults with asthma

  1. Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux1,*,
  2. Grégoire Gex2,
  3. Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux2,
  4. Bernard Burnand3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007988

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Peytremann-Bridevaux I, Gex G, Bridevaux PO, Burnand B. Chronic disease management programs for adults with asthma (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD007988. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007988.

Author Information

  1. 1

    Centre Hospitalier Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Health Care Evaluation Unit, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

  2. 2

    University Hospitals of Geneva, Division of Pulmonary Care, Geneva, Switzerland

  3. 3

    Centre Hospitalier Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Health Care Evaluation Unit & Clinical Epidemiology Centre, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne, Switzerland

*Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux, Health Care Evaluation Unit, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Bugnon 17, CH-1005, Lausanne, Switzerland. isabelle.peytremann-bridevaux@chuv.ch.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: New
  2. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

Primary objective

To assess the effectiveness of chronic disease management programs for adults with asthma.

Secondary objectives

To assess the effectiveness of chronic disease management programs for adults with asthma according to:

  • intensity of the intervention (for example, more intensive versus minimal interventions, in terms of number of intervention components and types of components, such as mainly centered on the patient versus on healthcare professionals);
  • duration or intensity of the intervention, or both; and
  • disease severity (if possible).

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