Exploring the Lived Experience of Young Adults With Severe Asthma

NCT06681545 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: B02178
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 46
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Asthma is a serious long-term lung condition caused by swollen airways that narrow. This causes wheezing, chest tightness, and breathlessness. Most asthma is well-controlled with medication. However, 5-10% of asthmatics have severe asthma where treatment does not control symptoms and up to 67% of asthmatics have uncontrolled asthma, caused by not always taking medication as recommended, lifestyle choices or other health problems worsening their asthma. In the UK, asthma affects around 800,000 young adults. This group is at high-risk of having poor asthma control, worse outcomes than other age-groups. This is because young adults need care that differs from other age-groups and current care is not meeting these needs. There is little information on the experiences and needs of this group and very few studies exist, exploring how to improve care. This study will explore the experiences and needs of young adults (age16-25) with severe and uncontrolled asthma. Methods. The investigators will perform two study-arms with young adults with severe/uncontrolled asthma in Manchester and Liverpool severe asthma centres: Study-arm 1: Interview participants using photographs chosen by them to help explain their experiences of living with asthma and support that they need. Study arm 2: Perform group interviews to understand participants' thoughts around the insights from study-arm 1 combined with their own experiences. To explore and develop ideas on how to improve future care. At the end of both study arms, a workshop involving patients and stakeholders involved in delivering care will take place, to identify a joint goal of how to improve care in this cohort and map ways in which to achieve this. Together, the study results and workshop will increase our understanding of the experiences and needs of young adults with asthma. Helping us to identify new ways to improve care which can be tested in future research.

Conditions

Asthma; Severe Asthma; Uncontrolled Asthma

Keywords

young people; young adults; young person

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Patient perceived experiences and challenges of living with severe and or uncontrolled asthma

  The investigators are not directly using tools/scales to measure outcome measures but will be using the data generated from the in depth interviews and focus groups to understand subjective participant perceived experiences and challenges of living with severe/uncontrolled asthma. in seeking to understand this, the investigators will meet the intended primary outcomes of the study.

  12 months

Other Outcomes (1)

• patient perceived support needs

  12 months

Study Arms (1)

young adults with severe and or uncontrolled asthma

no intervention to be administered. Participants will be asked to participate in 1-1 interviews and or focus group interviews

Other: one to one interviews and or focus groups

Interventions

one to one interviews and or focus groups OTHER

one to one interviews and or focus groups

young adults with severe and or uncontrolled asthma

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 25 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

young adults age 16-25 with severe or uncontrolled asthma

You may qualify if:

• A confirmed diagnosis of severe or uncontrolled asthma under the care of the Manchester or Liverpool severe asthma services
• Participants aged 16-25 years.
• Informed consent provided.

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to provide informed consent.
• Participants with additional long-term conditions who identify their dominant health concern to be non-asthma related.
• Focus group only- inability to converse in English

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust: lead
• Burdett Trust for Nursing: collaborator
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: collaborator
• University of Manchester: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Severe asthma services based at both Manchester University Foundation NHS trust and Liverpool University Foundation NHS Trust

Manchester, Greater, M239LT, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Asthma

Interventions

Focus Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Hypersensitivity; Hypersensitivity, Immediate; Hypersensitivity; Immune System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Central Study Contacts

Leanne - Jo Holmes, Mres

CONTACT

+44 01619987070; leannejo.holmes@mft.nhs.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2024
• First Posted: November 8, 2024
• Study Start: November 25, 2024
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2025
• Study Completion: October 31, 2025
• Last Updated: February 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

GB (1)